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Seeing, hearing, feeling Māori: the night New Zealand won more than a rugby match

The Women’s Rugby World Cup was a milestone for seeing Māori culture and worldview deeply embedded in Aotearoa’s national identity

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand scored C+ for physical activity in children and teens – what’s driving this and what can be done?

C+ – that’s Aotearoa New Zealand’s overall grade in the most comprehensive global assessment of physical activity in children and adolescents. Even more worryingly, the 57 participating countries scored a D average overall.

The Conversation

New research shows ancestral Māori adapted quickly in the face of rapid climate change

When the ancestors of Māori made landfall in Aotearoa some 750 years ago, it marked the final stop of the greatest expansion of human migration in prehistory.

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Why New Zealand must consider restricting alcohol sponsorship of broadcast sports as part of a wider law reform

For those concerned about the public health impacts of alcohol, the government’s recent policy announcement was perhaps a little “glass half empty” to be cause for outright celebration.

The Conversation

A birdwatching trip back in time: ‘What pre-mammal New Zealand would’ve been like’

Just outside Dunedin, kākā chatter, ancient lizards hatch their eggs, and baby kiwis fatten up to fighting weight in a predator-free sanctuary

The Guardian - AU

Despite the myth, deer are not an ecological substitute for moa and should be part of NZ’s predator-free plan

The impact of deer on Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural environment is never far from the headlines. Most recently, the Southland Conservation Board highlighted the damage the introduced species was doing to native forest on Rakiura Stewart Island.

The Conversation

Smoke and mirrors: why claims that NZ’s smokefree policy could fuel an illicit tobacco trade don’t stack up

The New Zealand parliament is currently considering a new smokefree law to implement key components of the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan.

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New Zealand pulls funding for school Shakespeare festival, citing ‘canon of imperialism’

Secondary school competition ‘did not demonstrate the relevance to the contemporary art context of Aotearoa’

The Guardian - AU

NZ's key teacher unions now reject classroom streaming. So what's wrong with grouping kids by perceived ability?

Aotearoa New Zealand’s high school teachers’ union recently approved a policy to end streaming – also known as “ability grouping” – in New Zealand high schools by 2030. The primary teachers’ union NZEI Te Riu Roa took a similar stance in March 2021.

The Conversation

FBOY Island vs public interest media: the culture clash at the heart of the TVNZ-RNZ merger

The 980 submissions in response to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill are a testament to the importance – and contentiousness – of public media policy.

The Conversation

From fertiliser to phantom: DNA cracks a century-old mystery about New Zealand's only extinct freshwater fish

In 1923, Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck) documented the last confirmed capture of a special fish – the upokororo or New Zealand grayling.

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God save the King: why the monarchy is safe in Aotearoa New Zealand – for now

New Zealanders with republican or just plain anti-monarchy sympathies will have been disappointed (though maybe not surprised) that the Queen’s death has not triggered a more critical conversation about the country’s constitutional future.

The Conversation

As Māori language use grows in New Zealand, the challenge is to match deeds to words

While the sight and sound of te reo Māori is becoming common in Aotearoa, advocates say the journey to a bilingual society is only beginning

The Guardian - AU

The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in public media – 3 things the law change must get right

With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill, it is becoming clear this crucial piece of legislation has some significant shortcomings. These will need attention before it passes into law.

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Linguistics locates the beginnings of the Austronesian expansion – with Indigenous seafaring people in eastern Taiwan

The study of Indigenous languages spoken in maritime South-East Asia today has shed new light on the beginnings of the Austronesian expansion. This was the last major migration of people spreading out across the Pacific Ocean and, ultimately, settling Aotearoa.

The Guardian - AU

Aotearoa or New Zealand: has the moment come to change the country’s name?

It’s not the first push to adopt the te reo Māori name, but a petition signed by 70,000 people has given it fresh momentum

The Conversation

NZ children face a ‘perfect storm’ of dangerous diseases as immunisation rates fall

Routine childhood immunisations have dropped so dramatically globally during the COVID-19 pandemic that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are raising the alarm.

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New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past

As the people of New Zealand confront their nation's troubled past with colonization, a return to the Maori name of Aotearoa is being presented to a parliamentary committee.

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New Zealand is touting a green hydrogen economy, but it will face big environmental and cultural hurdles

In its plan to retool the economy, the New Zealand government highlighted green hydrogen as a game-changing fuel. It can indeed be used to make climate-friendly fertilisers and steel or to power some modes of transport that aren’t suited to batteries.

The Conversation

Australia is getting a wellbeing budget: what we can – and can't – learn from New Zealand

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed Australia will follow Aotearoa New Zealand’s example and put wellbeing at the centre of the national budget.

ABC News

From Aotearoa to Australia, Six60 brings First Nations on journey of 'feeling, finding belonging'

From the University of Otago to the world stage, Six60's unconventional blend of roots, soul, pop and rock has earned them a cult following and embracing culture is at the heart of it, as an Australian Indigenous dance company discovers.

The Guardian - AU

‘Free healthcare, bad Mexican food’: what life is really like for US expats in New Zealand

As the overturning of Roe v Wade prompts a wave of interest in Aotearoa, Americans who made the leap post-Trump reveal the reality of their new lives

The Conversation

Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don't match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade

The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Conversation

Matariki falls during a quiet retail season – but businesses should be wary of cashing in

Aotearoa New Zealand will enjoy a new official public holiday on June 24, with the country marking Matariki – the start of the Māori New Year. But with it comes the temptation for businesses to use the day to drive sales.

The Conversation

Uncovering the stories my family forgot, about a past still haunting Aotearoa New Zealand

The day my great-grandfather Andrew Gilhooly was buried at Taranaki’s Ōkato cemetery in early February 1922, Jas Higgins played the Last Post. Neither man had seen active service in the “great war” with which that ritual is most closely associated. Rather, both had served in the New Zealand wars, an…

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