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Eva Corlett

Eva Corlett is the Guardian's New Zealand correspondent, based in Wellington

July 2024

  • NZ Government Receives Final Report From Royal Commission Into Abuse in Care<br>WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 24: Members of the public arrive as part of a hikoi prior to the release of The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care report at Parliament on July 24, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. The report and recommendations are being released today. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

    ‘National disgrace’: landmark New Zealand report finds 200,000 victims of abuse in state care

  • People attend a protest criticising the government for its policies toward the Indigenous Maori population which they say are racist policies and undermine a treaty that protects their Indigenous rights

    Director of New Zealand’s pharmaceutical funding agency quits over rollback of Māori rights

  • Sheep and lambs on hillside, Glenburn, Wairarapa, New Zealand.

    New Zealand will fail to meet 2050 net zero targets, data shows, after climate policies scrapped

  • Lonely person standing by the sea, looking out into the distance in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

    New Zealand’s sea temperatures hit record highs, outstripping global averages

  • End of an era for New Zealand media as Newshub set to air final bulletin

  • ‘Like the devil on meth’: New Zealand feral cat killing competition produces record haul

June 2024

  • Port Lockroy with mountains and glacier behind, Antarctica

    Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang

    Dr Steph Kaefer spent three weeks documenting unique colloquialisms on the frozen continent after newcomers were struck by the distinctive vocabulary
  • person walks on a path with Auckland skyline in the background

    Record number of people leave New Zealand amid cost of living pressures

    More than half those who left recently headed to Australia with promises of higher pay and better working conditions
    • New Zealand Opera to provide braille surtitles for live performances

    • ‘Our people are thriving’: New Zealand Māori population hits million mark

    • Stride of New Zealand: ancient ‘walking tree’ wins tree of the year

May 2024

  • New Zealand's highest mountain Mount Cook - also known by its Maori name of Aoraki. New Zealand’s government has announced a range of cuts to climate projects in its budget.

    Rightwing NZ government accused of ‘war on nature’ as it takes axe to climate policies

  • Vision shows a man in New Zealand attempting to ‘body slam’ an orca – screen shot

    New Zealand man filmed trying to ‘body slam’ an orca in actions described as ‘idiotic’

  • A single feather from a huia bird that has sold at Webb’s Auction House in Auckland for a record-breaking price.

    More valuable than gold: New Zealand feather becomes most expensive in the world

  • A burnt car in New Caledonia

    Evacuation flights unable to reach tourists stranded in New Caledonia amid unrest

  • ‘Losses have made me hungrier’: the New Zealand surfer chasing Olympic gold at Teahupo’o

  • Macklemore performs pro-Palestine song for first time at New Zealand concert

  • Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’

April 2024

  • The grand jury at Venice Biennale awarded New Zealand’s Mataaho Collective - a group of four Māori women artists - the Golden Lion for best international participation for its work Takapau, a large-scale installation inspired by traditional Māori takapau, finely woven mats made for special events.

    ‘Luminous’ truck strap artwork wins prestigious Biennale prize in first for New Zealand

  • A stubbed out cigarette butt

    How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn from it

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