SOURCE: GLOBAL TIMES New Zealand now has “mature” ties with China that allow for disagreement, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said during a TV interview on Sunday. One day before the opening of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week which Ardern considers as one of the most important international events hosted by New […]

A New Zealand oral care company is all smiles after a partnership with a Chinese influencer saw its sales go through the roof ahead of the Singles’ Day holiday. Auckland-based company Grin Natural sold 115,000 toothpastes in 115 seconds in China during an online event with Austin Li, known as the “Lipstick King” in the […]

Cleaners, caterers and security guards working for the Government on contracts will be paid at least the living wage from next month. The Government had excluded contractors from the decision to pay the living wage to all people employed in the core public service, but in September 2020 promised to change that. The living wage […]

Universities say their foreign enrolments have remained “astonishingly high” and they are hoping international students can return to the country in the middle of next year. But they say it is not practical to expect large numbers of students until managed isolation and quarantine requirements are dropped. Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan said […]

An airline industry group is calling on the government to relax managed isolation (MIQ) restrictions because it worries international airlines may give up on coming here at all. The Board of Airline Representatives of NZ executive director Justin Tighe-Umbers told Checkpoint airlines have become increasingly frustrated, and some were already pulling out of New Zealand […]

The head of the world’s leading electric vehicle maker has heaped praise on New Zealand for its efforts to electrify the country’s vehicle fleet and cut emissions. Robyn Denholm of Tesla has told the APEC chief executive summit that the incentives for new electric vehicles, and the proposed vehicle emissions standards currently going through Parliament […]

A dramatic fall in enrolments and high compliance costs are to blame for the suspension of free courses for struggling students across the South Island. Community Colleges New Zealand (Comcol) has offered free training and qualifications for teenagers for 40 years but from January the Youth Guarantee programme is being suspended “due to multiple reasons”. […]

New Zealand climate experts say the shock China-US climate cooperation agreement is a game changer that could eclipse outcomes from the COP26 summit, and help clinch agreements there too. In a surprise announcement the two major powers say the will work together to reduce emission – including methane – and try to keeping warming to […]

Television channel Three owner Discovery will launch two new channels in March and plans to increase the volume of locally-produced entertainment shows it screens by 70 per cent. Glen Kyne, general manager of Discovery in New Zealand and Australia, said the business had performed well and the “major investment” in local content meant Three would […]

MPs have passed a law to make older migrants, and New Zealanders who spent large portions of their lives overseas, wait longer to qualify for NZ Super. Currently, NZ Super is paid to people aged 65 ​or over who have been “resident and present” in New Zealand for 10 ​years after the age of 20​, […]