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NEW ZEALAND

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2016
Indonesia collars alleged key trafficker of people Down Under
Indonesian police have arrested an alleged people smuggler who has targeted Australia since 1999, Indonesian and Australian authorities said on Saturday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 23, 2016
Rugby fever draws Japan youth to New Zealand
The rising popularity of rugby in Japan is having spinoff effects for the nation's relationship with New Zealand as students increasingly choose to study in the rugby stronghold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2016
'Grandpa' Drysdale triumphs over rival Synek in single sculls quarterfinal
New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale scored a huge psychological victory over his friend and archrival Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic in the Olympic men's single sculls quarterfinals, overhauling him in the final section on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2016
New Zealand police find record cocaine haul inside horse decoration
New Zealand customs seized 35 kg of cocaine stuffed inside a decorative diamante-encrusted horse's head that was mailed from Mexico.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2016
U.S. Navy secretary to visit New Zealand as talk of port calls heats up
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is set to visit New Zealand this week for a trip that could move Washington closer to resolving a decades-old dispute with Wellington over port calls for U.S. vessels, it was learned Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2016
New Zealand prime place to hide money: Panama Papers
New Zealand is at the heart of a tangled web of shelf companies and trusts that are being used by wealthy Latin Americans to channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on the so-called Panama Papers data leak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2016
Beijing urges 'discretion' over South China Sea as New Zealand leader Key visits
China has urged New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to exercise "discretion" during his visit to China that started Sunday — an apparent attempt by Beijing to wield its considerable economic leverage in its dispute over the contested South China Sea.
WORLD
Mar 26, 2016
Ten thousand rabbits shot in New Zealand Easter hunt
Hunting for chocolate eggs is popular Easter event, but in New Zealand it was bunnies in the firing line at an annual rabbit-shooting event in one district where they are regarded as pests.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2016
Ishikawa man memorializes son who died in 2011 Christchurch quake with backyard library
The father of a man who died in the 2011 earthquake that rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, has built a small library in his own backyard in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, stocked with books that his son, a local newspaper reporter, left behind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2016
TPP nations ink deal in Auckland; focus shifts to ratification by legislators
Twelve Pacific Rim countries — representing around 40 percent of the world economy — signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal on Thursday in a ceremony in Auckland, calling the pact a "historic achievement" for the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015
Revolution in space technology evolution awaits launch in New Zealand paddock
The next revolution in space, making humdrum what was long the special preserve of tax-funded giants like NASA, will be launching next year from a paddock in New Zealand's remote South Island.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Japan, five TPP partners agree to review terms after seven years
Japan has agreed with five of the 12 nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative to launch talks, if requested, on their terms of agreement seven years after the pact's ratification, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2015
Australia, New Zealand risk losing share of Chinese tourist dollars as infrastructure ages
Australia and New Zealand risk losing a global arms race for big-spending Chinese vacationers unless they improve their services and infrastructure, jeopardizing hopes that tourism will fill the economic hole left by the downturn in commodity prices.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 29, 2015
New Zealand to create giant South Pacific sanctuary, banning fishing and mining
Waters north of New Zealand are set to become one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries, covering an area roughly the size of France, with a full ban on fishing and mining, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key said at the United Nations on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2015
Japanese winemaker reflects on life and disaster in this succinct New Zealand documentary
Today's documentarians may dream of making epic Frederick Wiseman-style films, but online audiences aren't usually so patient. Three hours? You'll be lucky to hold someone's attention for three minutes.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 15, 2015
New Zealand beats England in third ODI
Centuries from Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor powered New Zealand to a comfortable three-wicket win over England in the third one-day international at Southampton on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2015
Japan recognizes Niue as state in bid to acquire friends in Pacific
Japan on Friday gave formal recognition to the state of Niue, a self-governing Pacific island in free association with New Zealand, as the world's third-largest economy seeks to boost its diplomacy in the Pacific.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2015
Gallipoli is a reminder of the stupidity of wars
In a war noted for bloody futility, Gallipoli stood out as an example of purposeless killing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 31, 2015
BOJ should play mysterious
Arguably no central banker in the world has been bolder and more aggressive about quantitative easing than Japan's Haruhiko Kuroda.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2015
It's in the grape: N.Z. vintners pioneer low-alcohol techniques
New Zealand's cooler climate is giving its winemakers an edge as they seek to exploit growing global demand for lighter, premium wines as rising temperatures push up the alcohol content of wines from rivals such as Australia and the United States.

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals