New Zealand's Maori King Wants Whales To Be Granted Personhood. Here's Why

The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori community has called for granting legal personhood to whales, Anadolu News Agency reported ... Aperahama Edwards, one of the drivers of the initiative ... Read More

Editorial: Hats off to our political leaders for doing New Zealand’s world business kanohi ki te kanohi

OPINION: Luxon, Peters, Willis, McClay all doing NZ's mahi. Read More

New Zealand to ban sale of disposable vapes weeks after repealing world-first smoking ban

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile New Zealand has said ... names. Just weeks ago the country announced it is repealing the world’s first smoking ban ... Read More

New Zealand to world: China attacked us, too!

The government of South Pacific island nation New Zealand has revealed that ... media to discredit the nation's government. One of the reasons the US has sought to compel the sale of TikTok's ... Read More

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His strong hand is just what many Indians seem to want. The city wants no more than 20 million hotel stays annually. The measure is one ... the world’s most populous country elects a new ... Read More

New Zealand follows U.S., U.K. in accusing China-backed hackers of cyberattacks

New Zealand has accused China of “malicious ... the Chinese Government,” New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday. It comes one day after the U.S. and U.K. claimed ... Read More

A travel guide to New Zealand: Cost, culture and more tips for visiting the country

The Lost Spring in Whitianga has 16,000-year-old geothermal mineral water and is just one of the hot spring ... after being welcomed in. New Zealand's diverse landscape results in varied weather ... Read More

New World’s Oldest Man, 111, Puts Long Life Down to Weekly Fish and Chips and ‘Just Luck’

She has been working in journalism for seven years. Guinness World ... up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to ... Read More

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Explore them here. Can trust bring connection and hope in a divided world? Discover how through global news ... up in water supplies. The Environmental Protection Agency just issued new standards ... Read More

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yearslong civil war is heating up, but it still hasn’t attracted broad international notice. By Mike Ives As explosive drones gain battlefield prominence, even the mighty U.S. Abrams tank is ... Read More