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Thursday, 30 March 2017 :  The tourists – on 80-5 at the start of the day and 95 runs short of making New Zealand bat again – had faced defeat. But New Zealand were denied the chance to seal a series-levelling victory as play was abandoned without a ball being …

Thursday, 23 March 2017 :  The Rugby Football Union (RFU) was understood to be interested in a fixture between the world’s top two sides before the end of the year. However, England and New Zealand will not now meet until autumn 2018. The Baa-Baas match against New Zealand replaces one …

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 An American employed at the US embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, has been expelled from the country after what is thought to be an incident of domestic violence. US diplomat Colin White, a technical attache said to be coordinating with Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand’s …

Friday, 17 March 2017 Soaring honey prices in New Zealand have led to a boom in the theft and trade of hives in a rapidly expanding black (and yellow) market. Demand for Kiwi honey in China and Hong Kong caused a 35% spike in exports in 2016. This has earned …

Tuesday, 7 March 2017   WELLINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday that rising levels of household debt are a risk to New Zealand’s financial stability, while the country’s central bank said it was considering increasing bank capital requirements. The IMF said the Reserve Bank of New Zealand …

23 February 2017 :  Taylor, 32, registered his 17th ODI century with an unbeaten 102 as New Zealand posted 289-4. It took him past all-rounder Nathan Astle, who made 16 one-day centuries from 1995-2007. Seamers Trent Boult and Tim Southee then restricted South Africa to 283-9 to level the five-match …

Saturday, 18 February 2017 Wellington: New Zealand sits atop a previously unknown continent, mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific, that should be recognised with the name Zealandia, scientists said. Researchers said Zealandia was a distinct geological entity and met all the criteria applied to Earth’s seven other continents – elevation …

Thursday, 16 February 2017 Wellington – A wildfire destroyed at least 11 homes and forced hundreds of terrified residents to evacuate in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, authorities said Thursday. Civil defence officials declared a state of emergency in the South Island city late Wednesday as two blazes that …

Wednesday, 15 February 2017 Wellington: The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The sands at Farewell Spit where the nearly 700 pilot whales beached …

Monday, 13 February 2017 WELLINGTON – New Zealand authorities were cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses on Monday, popping the dead animals “like balloons”, to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales became stranded. Hundreds of rescuers managed to save around 400 pilot …