A 19-year-old New Zealander has died of a “serious head injury” sustained in a social media-inspired game of tackle with friends, police said. The young man, identified in local media as Ryan Satterthwaite, died in hospital on Monday after a game of “run it straight” in the city of Palmerston North. Meant to recreate collisions…
Love Taupō Some have called it an “eyesaur”. Many more have described it as “fabulous”. But one word Boom Boom, a seven-metre tall stainless steel dinosaur sculpture in New Zealand, could never be associated with is “boring”. Just days after the sauropod statue was installed in Taupō Sculpture Park, in the scenic centre of New…
Wellington Airport The giant birds will be unfastened from the airport ceiling to make way for a new mystery exhibit For more than a decade, a pair of Hobbit-inspired eagle sculptures have cast a watchful eye over visitors at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport. But the giant birds will be unfastened from the ceiling on Friday…
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it had struck a deal worth up to $5.3 billion to develop Danish biotech Zealand Pharma’s obesity drug candidate, as the two firms seek to compete in the burgeoning weight loss drug market. The deal will see the two companies co-develop and co-commercialize petrelintide, Zealand Pharma’s amylin analog as…
New Zealand has fired its most senior envoy to the United Kingdom over remarks that questioned US President Donald Trump’s grasp of history. At an event in London on Tuesday, High Commissioner Phil Goff compared efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine to the 1938 Munich Agreement, which allowed Adolf Hitler to annex…
The owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, have had their conviction over the disaster thrown out by the country’s High Court. Whakaari Management Limited (WML) was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors safe and fined just over NZ$1m ($560,000; £445,000). They were also ordered to…
Global tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump aside, New Zealand is optimistic about its trade relationship with the United States. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia,” New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said that “New Zealand is distinguished in that we have a very balanced and complementary trade relationship with the United States,” adding…
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector. Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while holidaying in the country for up to 90 days, after which they could face…
Cattle photographed in New Zealand. Agriculture plays a major role in New Zealand’s economy, especially when it comes to exports. David Clapp | Stone | Getty Images New Zealand’s prime minister told CNBC the country has to look beyond its own backyard for trade opportunities, as the South Pacific island nation signs an economic partnership with…
New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands to introduce a seperate passport for its citizens while allowing them to retain New Zealand citizenship. Cook Islands, a self-governing island Pacific nation, is in “free association” with New Zealand, which is responsible for the former’s foreign affairs and defence. Cook Islanders can also live,…
