Greenpeace says law enforcement failures led to Unesco sites and land mapped for orangutan habitats being turned into palm oil plantationsAlmost one-fifth of the land used for Indonesian oil palm plantations is located in the country’s forest estate, d…
Britain and New Zealand have unveiled a comprehensive free trade deal, including a commitment aimed at preventing the revered Maori cultural tradition of the haka, famously performed by the All Blacks, from being misused.
Dame Cindy, the first in her family to graduate from university, rose to become a pro-vice chancellor at the University of AucklandThe first Māori woman to be named governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Cindy Kiro, has been sworn in at an intimate cere…
‘No guarantee’ Chinese property giant can meet its $305bn debts, starting with a deadline on Monday that could trigger defaultShares in the struggling property giant China Evergrande have fallen sharply after plans to offload a stake in one of its unit…
Separatist leaders in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia called Thursday for a boycott of a December independence referendum, urging the government to focus on the Covid crisis.
Director general of health says country is following similar trajectory to UK, with vast majority of hospital cases being unvaccinatedSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s daily Covid-19 case numbers have gone into three figures for the first t…
Death of 18 people forces more social restrictions even as city-state expands quarantine-free travel to eight countriesSingapore’s healthcare system is at risk of being “overwhelmed” by surging coronavirus infections, government officials warned on Wed…
Nicholas Burns calls Beijing an ‘aggressor’ and that US responsibility is ‘to make Taiwan a tough nut to crack’ US president Joe Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to Beijing on Wednesday said China was aggressive and untrustworthy, insisting that boosti…
‘Groundbreaking’ agreement criticised by UK farmers is part of 10-year plan to pivot to Indo-PacificBritain has struck a trade deal with New Zealand, a key ally, as ministers hope to stem the country’s reliance on China – but the agreement is expected …
A volcano blasted ash two miles into the sky after erupting on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on Wednesday.Officials warned of a risk of large falling rocks and lava flows within a radius of about half a mile around the mountain’s crater, but t…