New Zealand
Back to (or building) the future?
It is both ironic and appropriate that Peter Dutton has chosen to copy the New Zealand Nationals’ election slogan of “Back on track”.
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Flame trees’ fiery warning for tinderbox Aussie bush
The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles hold important lessons for Australia which, like California, has large forests of highly flammable (introduced) eucalypt trees, which are nicknamed “gasoline trees” in the US.
Opinion
Travel tips
Back-to-work blues? These 10 tips will ignite your travel dreams
The exchange rate is brutal, there’s a cost-of-living crisis and overtourism is ruining popular spots, but here’s how you can still have a great holiday in 2025.
- by Ben Groundwater
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
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
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