Politics and Economics | BBC
23 December 2018
“Brexit is, to put it mildly, an unusual event,” BBC World Service economics correspondent Andrew Walker writes. “But there are precedents for some aspects of it. New Zealand provides one example.”
“The country faced a…
Nature | BBC
12 December 2018
While whale strandings are not uncommon, they usually involve just a single animal rather than a whole group. The recent flurry of mass strandings on New Zealand beaches has brought…
Medicine/Health | BBC
20 November 2018
Ever thought of getting a health check but worried about having to? Well, drop your pants. Meet the Testimatic, a booth allowing New Zealand men to have their testicles checked without having to face…
Te Ao Maori | BBC | Guardian (The)
3 October 2018
British art historian James Fox presents Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific, an “engaging” BBC documentary exploring Māori culture. It is reviewed in The Guardian by Emine Saner.
In Oceans Apart, Fox examines artworks that…
Rugby | BBC
27 August 2018
New Zealand has won the Bledisloe Cup for a 16th consecutive year with a 40-12 victory over Australia at Eden Park in Auckland.
Beauden Barrett scored four tries and kicked five conversions, while Joe Moody…
Z-Files | BBC
19 August 2018
New Zealander Dr Hannah Bulloch is in Scotland to research a book she is writing based on trips her grandfather made to the Isle of Skye. The BBC’s Annabel Maclennan caught up with Bulloch…
Nature | BBC
25 February 2018
A memorial was recently held for Thomas the goose, a “New Zealander who spent most of his life as a loving partner, caring father and an icon of the LGBT community”, Yvette Tan writes in a…
Community/General | BBC
30 January 2018
New Zealander Heather McCracken, who is based in the United States, has kicked off the knitting movement #KnitForJacinda inspired by the news that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is pregnant.
Ardern recently announced that she and…
Community/General | BBC
8 December 2017
Former MP Maurice Williamson’s rising popularity as a gay icon among many Japanese people is thanks to a video of a speech he made during the third reading and vote on the Marriage Equality…
Motorsports | BBC | Formula 1
20 November 2017
“Toro Rosso have confirmed they will retain Brendon Hartley for the 2018 Formula 1 season,” as reported in an article on BBC.
“It’s very satisfying to have converted an opportunity that…
Community/General | BBC
10 October 2017
An advert released by LGBTIQ rights charity Rainbow Youth is calling out New Zealanders over the negative use of the word “gay” through the medium of a dropped pie.
The video was created to draw…
Opera | BBC
19 September 2017
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of opera’s most celebrated stars, has told the BBC she will never sing in public again. Te Kanawa, 73, said she stopped performing a year ago, but had not…
Politics and Economics | BBC
31 August 2017
The New Zealander in charge of negotiating the UK’s trade deals once Brexit is finalised, has begun his tenure. Crawford Falconer has taken up the post of chief trade negotiation adviser at the Department…
Rugby | BBC
22 August 2017
New Zealand “hammered” Australia 54-34 in their 2017 Investec Rugby Championship opener. According to the BBC, the All Blacks “were exceptional in the first half in Sydney and, with the help of three tries…
Sport General | BBC
28 July 2017
Nelson-born double para-athelete champion, Liam Malone, 23, says he will use technology to run faster than Olympic legend Usain Bolt within the next three years.
Double-leg amputee Malone won gold in the T44 200m and…
Writers | BBC
19 July 2017
If poetry makes you think of stuffy classrooms and impenetrable verse, think again. The BBC’s Holly Williams takes a look at the female poets revolutionising the art form, including New Zealand-based Lang Leav and…
Science/Tech | BBC
19 May 2017
At a recent conference in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, archaeologists – including New Zealander Alan Walmsley – working in over 14 Islamic countries around the world participated in a first of its kind…
Sport General | BBC
8 May 2017
“New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson has won the Badminton Horse Trials at the 36th attempt, two years after suffering a serious neck injury,” as reported in an article on BBC.
“It is…
New Zealand | BBC
19 March 2017
Whanganui River “in New Zealand has become the first in the world to be granted the same legal rights as a person”, as reported on the BBC.
“Long revered by New Zealand’s Maori…
Music | BBC
18 February 2017
Parris Goebel’s father tells the BBC that his daughter, “a blessing”, was dropped off by a space ship. And it’s a good thing it did. The 24-year-old choreographer from Manurewa, South Auckland is changing…
Nature | BBC
8 January 2017
New Zealand has declared the natural habitat of the very rare Hochstetter’s frog to be a conservation sanctuary, giving the tiny creature a chance to recover its numbers in a 400ha area of land…
Nature | BBC
4 January 2017
Landcare Researchers say that the stench of ferrets could be a useful tool to protect the country’s birds, as the smell helps to attract non-native predators.
An experiment at a farm in northern Hawke’s Bay…
Business | BBC
23 November 2016
“It’s often said that the inspiration for starting a business can come from anywhere. For Stephanie Chai it was a dare,” writes Sarah Porter for the BBC. The NZ-born model and former TV…
Nature | BBC
22 October 2016
“Using nothing but tape, a fragment of shell and MacGyver-like ingenuity, nature park worker Claire Travers patched up a badly damaged egg sufficiently for the baby kiwi to survive,” as reported in an article…
Nature | BBC
10 October 2016
“Some 100,000 wild kiwi could be roaming New Zealand in less than 15 years, according to a new government plan,” reports the BBC. “The Kiwi Recovery Plan 2017-2027 by the Department…
Community/General | BBC
10 August 2016
A cash machine-like terminal that asks people about their feelings instead of dispensing money has been installed in New Zealand city Whangarei as part of an art project called Moodbank, as reported in an…
Nature | BBC
24 July 2016
The critically endangered kakapo – one of the world’s rarest birds – “saw its numbers boom by 28%” with 34 new chicks this year. That brings its population up to 157, as reported in…
Sport General | BBC | Wimbledon
13 July 2016
Long before the PR driven age of image rights and social media, before Borg, Laver and even Perry, Wimbledon had its own matinee idol – New Zealand-born Anthony Wilding. Yet despite him being a…
Community/General | BBC
12 July 2016
The pristine Awaroa Beach in the Abel Tasman National Park bought through a crowdfunding campaign for almost $2.3 million has been handed to its new owners – the public, becoming part of the Department…
Science/Tech | BBC
9 June 2016
Bagpipes the Little Blue penguin, who had his left leg amputated in 2007 after it got stuck in a fishing line, has received a custom-made 3D printed foot.
Having wriggled his way around his home…
Te Ao Maori | BBC
2 June 2016
People wanting to text in a Maori “accent” will be able to do so in July with the release of a special set of distinctive green emoji in New Zealand, called “emotiki”.
Along with more…
Nature | BBC | Stuff
24 March 2016
Contractors at a site in South Canterbury have made an unexpected find while digging a trench – dozens of bones belonging to the long-extinct moa.
Workers spotted the bones during excavations in an area which…
Dance | BBC
21 February 2016
Anna Cochrane, a New Zealand paramedic, has performed a static trapeze act while suspended on a hot air balloon at an altitude of more than 3,000m, in a bid to break the world record,…
Nature | BBC
12 February 2016
A group of kakapo will have their genomes sequenced in the hope it will improve the birds’ genetic diversity. There are only 125 kakapo left and every one of them will have their genetic…
Rugby | BBC
6 February 2016
New Zealand’s Black Ferns have been ranked #1 on the first rankings for women’s Test rugby.
“It’s a positive step for one of the fastest growing team sports in the world, as it brings parity…
War & Peace | BBC
14 January 2016
Researchers at Waikato University are calling on the public to help create an online database of all the New Zealanders who served during World War One for a project called Measuring the Anzacs.
Volunteers are…
Film | BBC | YouTube
2 December 2015
For Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary, watch as Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit director Peter Jackson wishes Doctor Who a very Happy 50th Anniversary and talks about his…
Visual Arts | BBC
12 November 2015
New Zealand-born artist Henry Hargreaves was so frustrated with the problem of empty space in a packet of chips that he decided to size up some of the worst offenders, calculating the difference between…
Rugby | BBC | Toronto Star
25 October 2015
The New Zealand All Blacks have beaten South Africa’s Springboks 20-18 in the Rugby World Cup semi-final in England on Saturday.
“In an atmosphere thick with tension at Twickenham, the All Blacks clung to their…
New Zealand | BBC
12 September 2015
A seemingly typical clear and swift South Island river, the Blackwater has one unmistakable trait: the water carries a whiff of kerosene. It’s faint, but it was enough to give the Blackwater its name,…
Obituaries | BBC
8 September 2015
Dave Dobbyn is one of a number of local artists who have paid tribute to Hello Sailor frontman Graham Brazier (pictured centre), who has died in Auckland aged 63.
Dobbyn described Brazier as the consummate…
Te Ao Maori | BBC | YouTube
29 July 2015
Raumati College pupil Finnian Galbraith’s YouTube video complaining about poor pronunciation of Maori words has proved a hit online, with more than 160,386 views.
Galbraith, 15, says in his YouTube video that many people in…
Nature | BBC
1 July 2015
Local photographers Stephen Voss and Blair Pattinson braved freezing temperatures in the South Island to capture images of the Aurora Australis, a natural light display in the sky.
A solar storm meant that the Aurora…
Community/General | BBC
21 April 2015
Innovation happens on the edge and “you cannot get more on the edge than New Zealand,” according to the CEO of Auckland’s economic development group Brett O’Riley.
Auckland may be New Zealand’s biggest city but…
New Zealand | BBC
9 February 2015
Wellington, which celebrates its 150th year as New Zealand’s capital, has a funky, creative vibe, which comes in part from a strong community feel. These characteristics make it one of the BBC’s 2015 “Hottest…
Film & TV | BBC
3 December 2014
Oscar Winning New Zealand director Sir Peter Jackson and his stars arrived on a green carpet for the world premiere of his latest film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
The premiere was…
Sport General | BBC | BBC Sport
25 November 2014
Shot putter Valerie Adams, unbeaten since August 2010, has been named female World Athlete of the Year for 2014, the first New Zealander to win the award.
Two-time Olympic champion Adams, who this season enjoyed…
Society | BBC | BBC News
20 November 2014
Every year, several dozen butchers make a lengthy commute – from provincial New Zealand to rural Iceland – for just two months’ work.
Shawn Parkinson (pictured, far left), one of the butchers, explains that the…
Cricket | BBC | ESPN | Telegraph (The)
16 November 2014
Andrew McColloch is $5000 richer and slightly famous after his incredible one-handed catch at a Twenty20 cricket match went viral.
Michael Bracewell hit a six in the match between Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds, and spectator…
Politics and Economics | BBC | BBC News
24 October 2014
New Zealand has won a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The 15-member council has five permanent members – the US, UK, France, Russia and China – and 10 non-permanent seats, filled…
Architecture | BBC | BBC News
23 October 2014
Executive architect of the Sagrada Família New Zealander Mark Burry has been able to complete Gaudí’s designs by devising parametric computer modelling techniques, adapted from the aerospace industry. Burry has even sped up the…
Film & TV | BBC | Digital Spy
13 October 2014
Two female detectives will be the lead characters in a new BBC drama set in Rotorua.
Luther creator Neil Cross will return to BBC as the creator of the drama, provisionally titled Bay of Plenty.
The show will focus on…
Rugby | BBC | BBC News | BBC Sport
12 October 2014
Head coach of the Wales rugby team, New Zealander Warren Gatland has received an OBE from the Duke of Cambridge for his services to rugby at an investiture ceremony in Windsor Castle.
Gatland said he…
Music | BBC | BBC News
8 August 2014
Broods only started writing music together last year, but the Nelson brother-sister duo, Caleb and Georgia Nott, aged 21 and 19, are being tipped as New Zealand’s next big musical exports. They speak to…
Rugby | BBC | BBC Sport | ESPN
18 July 2014
A teenage girl in Southland has been allowed to play with the big boys, with April Miller, 18, taking to the field at lock in what is typically men’s club rugby.
Despite admitting to some…
Business | BBC | BBC News
20 May 2014
In Otago, a group of recreational fishermen are about to go on their regular autumn hunt for shellfish, but it is not just any mollusc that they’re after. They are looking for a humble…