New Zealand
This year’s Spanish Scrabble champion? A New Zealander who can’t even speak the language
Nigel Richards lost only one of his 24 games and beat 147 competitors from around the world to claim the prize. The runner-up said his victory was a “humiliation”.
- by Kyle Melnick
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11 artists you must see in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial
From an AI nightmare come to life to wall of metal skulls, here are the must-see highlights of QAGOMA’s huge summer exhibition.
- by Nick Dent
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Hotel reviews
The iconic NZ lodge with a dress-circle location
How cheeky to call these villas on New Zealand’s North Island “residential style”, given my domicile here is painfully temporary.
- by Catherine Marshall
If the Libs offered more pros, there might be no ‘con job’
I voted for Nicolette Boele in the last federal election not because Paul Fletcher was part of one of the worst governments ever inflicted upon this country, but apparently because I am such a stupid woman I had no idea what I was doing.
Tracing the first footsteps in New Zealand’s heavenly north
The country’s human history began on an unassuming stretch of north-west coastline.
- by Catherine Marshall
‘It’s not ego’: Ronny Chieng on Interior Chinatown and why he’ll never be the lead
New Disney+ comedy satire mocks the stereotyping of Asian characters on screen.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Indigenous culture
Why are thousands of people marching for Maori rights?
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Wellington for the final stretch of a week-long protest that has spanned the length of the country. Here is why.
- by Charlotte Graham-McLay
NZ’s anti-woke warrior Winston Peters is the Trump of the south
Once described as like “the drunk uncle at the wedding”, NZ’s deputy prime minister has proved the wiliest political survivor in the Pacific.
- by Matthew Knott
Haka interrupts NZ parliament, MPs kicked out, as treaty bill arrives
Tempers flared in New Zealand’s parliament during an extraordinary debate on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Haka interrupts New Zealand parliament
A vote over a contentious treaty bill saw New Zealand MPs interrupt parliamentary proceedings with a spirited haka.
‘We’re not helping them’: Inside the town of New Zealand’s fugitive father
The parents of Tom Phillips, who vanished with his children three years ago, say they are not aiding their son as he evades police.
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