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#theguardian.com. × Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back. Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023

#theguardian.com. × Feeling a bit down under: Australia drops out of world’s top 10 happiest countries. Australia drops to 11th in the latest World Happiness Report rankings, with New Zealand 12th and Nordic nations still on top of the world

#theguardian.com. × Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year. Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest

#theguardian.com. × Police launch new search for fugitive father and children missing in New Zealand wilderness for three years. Over the next few days police will be ‘present’ in the remote Marokopa area where Tom Phillips and his three children are believed to be hiding

#theguardian.com. × Inquest into Sydney detention centre suicides raises questions over missed medication and care routines. A New Zealander, Malaysian and Sierra Leone national separately killed themselves inside Villawood over a three-year period

#theguardian.com. × New Zealand’s high commissioner to the UK loses job after Trump comments. Phil Goff questioned Donald Trump’s grasp of history at a Chatham House event in London, prompting the foreign minister to say his position is ‘untenable’

#theguardian.com. × Row erupts in New Zealand parliament over use of Māori name Aotearoa. Dispute emerges after deputy prime minister Winston Peters questioned why MPs used the name Aotearoa in debates

#theguardian.com. × Remains of carved canoe may be most significant discovery of its kind, NZ archaeologist says. More than 450 artefacts from a waka found in pieces in the Chatham Islands expected to reveal new insights about Polynesian voyaging

#theguardian.com. × Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’. UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age

#theguardian.com. × ‘Gandalf’ accused of selling illegal medicinal cannabis in New Zealand. Outrage over targeting of one of New Zealand’s alleged ‘green fairies’ who provide cheaper medicinal cannabis without prescription

#theguardian.com. × James Cameron says US under Trump is ‘horrifying’ as he becomes New Zealand citizen. Titanic and Avatar director says ‘America doesn’t stand for anything if it doesn’t stand for what it has historically stood for’ – and that he prefers New Zealand to Canada

#theguardian.com. × New Zealand’s top diplomat tells China sudden live-fire drills represent ‘failure’ in relationship. Winston Peters says he told Chinese counterpart Wang Yi not enough warning was given about recent navy exercises that forced planes to divert

#theguardian.com. × New Zealand minister quits after having ‘placed hand’ on staffer’s arm. ‘I took the discussion too far,’ says commerce minister Andrew Bayly, calling his own behaviour ‘overbearing’

#theguardian.com. × ‘Extremely capable’ weapons on Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast, NZ government says. New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins says department has ‘never seen a task group of this capability undertaking this sort of work’

#theguardian.com. × China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand. Report from New Zealand navy personnel comes a day after similar drill forced multiple airlines to change flight paths between Australia and New Zealand

#theguardian.com. × Eleventh-hour high court bid to stop Australia’s secretive deal to resettle NZYQ cohort in Nauru. Proceedings filed Friday for man scheduled to be deported Monday as Human Rights Law Centre makes case for ‘dangerous precedent’

#theguardian.com. × Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand. Three Chinese vessels currently in international waters notified Australia’s defence department before the drill

#theguardian.com. × Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year. Velvet worms have rows of pudgy legs, skin speckled like a galaxy and dissolve their prey with sticky goo

#theguardian.com. × Hundreds protest in Cook Islands over PM’s handling of deal with China. Opposition leaders accuse prime minister of risking its relationship with New Zealand by continued secrecy around deal

#theguardian.com. × Cook Islands PM defends signing of wide-ranging deal with China. Mark Brown says Beijing deal that covers trade, investment, oceans, infrastructure and transport complements ties with New Zealand

#theguardian.com. × New Zealand’s ‘Everyone must go!’ tourism campaign ridiculed as emigration hits record high. Tagline has quickly become the subject of derision, with some critics likening it to a clearance sale slogan

#theguardian.com. × New Zealand government loses ground in polls as economic concerns grow. 1News Verian poll shows Christoper Luxon dropped 22% in the preferred prime minister stakes, his lowest result as leader

#theguardian.com. × New Zealand raises ‘concern’ as Cook Islands prepares to sign China deal. Deputy PM says New Zealand hasn’t been adequately consulted on an agreement the Cook Islands leader is expected to sign in Beijing this week

#theguardian.com. × Māori protesters turn their backs on government ministers at Waitangi Day event. Anger at policies that roll back Māori rights surface as rightwing Act party leader David Seymour has microphone removed twice and protesters stage walkout

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