New Zealand got roasted for its plans to host a 'cat-killing' contest for children. What is the contest all about? Why would anyone want to hurt a cat? Molly Gambhir reports

Gravitas | New Zealand plans 'cat-killing' competition

A children's cat-hunting competition in New Zealand has been called off, following condemnation of the event. An annual hunt's organisers came under fire after adding a new category for kids to hunt feral cats, an chronic issue in New Zealand.

New Zealand: Children's cat-killing competition called off after condemnation

A drug bust in Auckland, New Zealand has led to the arrest of Baltej Singh, a relative of Satwant Singh, one of the assassins who killed former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.

Relative of Indira Gandhi’s killer arrested in New Zealand for drug peddling

Pakistan and New Zealand will square off in the first T20I of the five-match series on Friday, April 14, 2023. The match will commence at 09:30 PM IST at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

PAK vs NZ 1st T20: Check predicted playing XI, match details & live streaming info for Pakistan vs New Zealand

A little more than two years after electing one of the most inclusive parliament, New Zealand has reached gender equality in the cabinet — meaning, for the first time ever, the country will witness an equal number of men and women in the top decision-making body.

New Zealand cabinet achieves unique feat of gender equality for first time

New Zealand's cabinet has achieved gender equality for the first time in the country’s history, less than a week after its third female leader Jacinda Ardern bade an emotional farewell to politics.

New Zealand makes history with gender parity in cabinet

FIFA has predicted the women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be a "watershed" moment that propels the game to another level, with the target to eventually rival the men's version.

FIFA predicts Women's World Cup to be 'watershed' and iconic for game

Amid earlier reports claiming that Islamabad Police has denied providing security to the travelling New Zealand team for their upcoming white-ball tour of Pakistan, the concerned department refuted those claims by promising to abide by their duties in a tweet posted on Sunday. ICTP claim to provide fool-proof, world-class security to the Kiwi side, who will depart for Pakistan on April 9th for five-match T20Is, and ODI series

Pakistan police promise ‘world-class’ security to New Zealand team during white-ball tour

Rabbits—the furry widely loved and petted animals—have turned out to be a nuisance for a region in New Zealand that is employing every trick in its trade to eliminate the long-eared animal from the face of their part of the earth.

This Easter, New Zealand mulls unleashing deadly virus for culling rabbits to curb ‘plague’

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday (April 5) bid tearful goodbye to the nation during her final address to the country's parliament. In her speech, she said that all New Zealanders should feel politics can be a home for them.

Jacinda Ardern bids tearful goodbye in her last speech in New Zealand parliament 

Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand, will assume a new position where she will work with other governments and social media companies to combat extremist and terrorist content online.

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern to tackle online extremism as special envoy for Christchurch Call

In New Zealand, police have seized large quantities of drug-laced beer containing methamphetamine. As per a report by the New Zealand Herald, authorities have so far seized around 328kg of meth or methamphetamine.

New Zealand: Kiwis warned to avoid meth-laced 'Honey Bear House Beer' cans

Sri Lanka claimed a dramatic Super Over win in the opening match of their three-game Twenty20 series against New Zealand on Sunday to earn their first victory on tour.

1st T20I: Sri Lanka stave off New Zealand in super over to win thriller in Auckland

New Zealand capitalized on another failure by Sri Lanka’s batters and avoided one of its own to win the third one-day international by six wickets in Hamilton on Friday and to take the three-match series 2-0.

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, win ODI series 2-0

New Zealand's Foreign Minister is in China for a four-day visit which ends today. This marks the first visit of a New Zealand minister to China since the year 2018. The minister earlier met with China's top Diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta calls out China's human right abuses

New Zealand has launched 'Love Better' campaign to help people deal with break ups. The campaign is worth $4 million and aims to help people foster safe, positive and healthy relationships. Netizens are taking to social media platforms to share their unfiltered stories. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: New Zealand's 'Love Better' campaign helps youth deal with break-ups

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The New Zealand government is helping its teens to recover from breakups in an unusual new campaign. This campaign, Love Better is targeted specifically at generation Z to assist them to move on from breakups and broken relationships better.

Breakups suck: New Zealand government to help heartbroken teens recover

TikTok denies data transfer: As a major global economies including United Kingdom and United States and New Zealand, banned or restricted the use of TikTok. The CEO of the Chinese short video app Shou Zi Chew has declared and clarified that it doesn't transfer data to the Chinese government.

TikTok denies transferring data to China, CEO says 'never shared users' data'

The Solomon Islands has awarded a Chinese state company a multi-million-dollar contract to upgrade an international port in Honiara. The decision comes as the US & allies work to counter growing Chinese political, economic & security influence in the South Pacific. The Solomon Islands struck a security pact with Beijing last year. The pact prompted concern from the US & its allies, including Australia, New Zealand and Japan, over China's ambitions to build a naval base. The Solomon Islands & China have denied the security pact would allow a naval base.

US & allies working to COUNTER China's influence; Beijing to redevelop Solomon Islands port

Lanky fast bowler Blair Tickner and spinner Michael Bracewell slogged all day in a Basin Reserve gale to bowl New Zealand to an innings and 58 run win over Sri Lanka in the second test Monday and a sweep of the two-match series.

NZ vs SL, 2nd test : New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by an innings to take series 2-0

After the UK banned TikTok on government devices. New zealand has decided to implement the TikTok ban on devices issued to its members of parliament. The ban, which is over cyber security concerns, is expected to be implemented by the end of march.

TikTok under scanner again as UK BANS it on government devices

New Zealand's Kermadec Islands region has been hit by an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on Thursday, prompting tsunami warnings. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that quake was estimated at a depth of 10 km (6.

New Zealand: 7.1-magnitude earthquake prompts tsunami warning in Kermadec Islands

Oxford English Disctionary while putting the spotlight on New Zealand's first inhabitants, the Māori people, originally called Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud added 47 new items to further expand its coverage of New Zealand English.

From 'rangatahi' to 'kuia': Oxford English Dictionary adds 47 Maori, New Zealand words

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