Tāne Mahuta, an ancient tree named after the god of forests in Māori mythology, is threatened by the slow creep of an incurable disease.
Tag: New Zealand
Hundreds Held After New Zealand-Led Investigation Into Images of Child Abuse
An international collaboration resulted in the rescue of dozens of children and exposed a secret global network used to share material on sexual abuse.
As Cases Skyrocket, New Zealand Finally Faces Its Covid Reckoning
New Zealanders are anxious as they learn to live with the pandemic-related risk that has been a fact of life elsewhere for two years.
New Zealand Police Move to End Protest, and Violence Erupts
Fires and violence at a protest opposing vaccine mandates were a rare sight in a country known for its relative serenity and stability.
New Zealand Antivaccine Protest Gets More Violent
An occupation in the capital demonstrates the dangerous influence that American disinformation is having on otherwise stable democracies.
A remote island nation confronts its first confirmed coronavirus case.
The case in the Cook Islands emerged a month after the country reopened its air borders to travelers from New Zealand.
With No End in Sight, Ottawa Protests Extend Beyond Canada’s Borders
Officials are grappling with a new protest blocking a major border crossing, while similar demonstrations have disrupted traffic in New Zealand and Australia.
New Zealand Inquiry Finds Hundreds of Reports of Abuse by Priests
The complaints, going back seven decades, attest to the pervasiveness of sexual and other abuse within the Catholic Church and are part of a worldwide reckoning.
Tonga’s Diaspora Confronts Daunting Challenge of Disaster Response
Tens of thousands of overseas Tongans, intimately tied to their homeland, are contending with the pandemic, snarled supply chains and limited communications.
Tongan Man Swept Away by Tsunami Survived After 26 Hours Afloat
Lisala Folau, a retired carpenter, spent a night and day at sea after an undersea volcanic eruption sent waves crashing through his home on the island of Atata.