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New Zealand’s slow vaccine rollout threatens Covid success, critics say
- Asia-Pacific
- January 21, 2021, 16:11
New Zealand’s “go hard, go early” strategy to combat Covid-19 attracted global praise and eliminated local transmission of the virus. But the country’(...)

Connacht’s basement buys are proving to be bargains
- Pro14
- January 9, 2021, 06:00
Not having the budgets of their competitors in the Guinness Pro14, never mind the Premiership and Top 14, Connacht have always had to shop for bargain(...)

New Zealand records 25 Covid cases as foreign fishing crews arrive
- Asia-Pacific
- October 21, 2020, 09:06
New Zealand has recorded 25 new cases of coronavirus, the biggest daily toll the country has reported since the height of its initial outbreak in Marc(...)

New Zealand expecting 47,000 Eden Park crowd for second Bledisloe Cup clash
- International
- October 13, 2020, 15:43
New Zealand Rugby is expecting a “near-capacity” crowd of some 47,000 to pack into Auckland’s Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international aga(...)
![Owner of New Zealand media group Stuff, Sinead Boucher: ‘I didn’t really have any idea what a big deal [the Rose of Tralee] was down there. The girl who won was from Cork.’ Photograph: Rosa Woods/Stuff Owner of New Zealand media group Stuff, Sinead Boucher: ‘I didn’t really have any idea what a big deal [the Rose of Tralee] was down there. The girl who won was from Cork.’ Photograph: Rosa Woods/Stuff](/polopoly_fs/1.4327657.1597165454!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
The New Zealand Rose who became a media mogul
- People
- August 16, 2020, 06:00
Back in May, Belfast-born Sinead Boucher made headlines when she purchased New Zealand media group Stuff from its Australian owners for the symbolic s(...)

New Zealand Covid-19 outbreak grows as Australia still struggles
- World
- August 15, 2020, 08:42
New Zealand on Saturday reported seven new cases of the coronavirus as a lockdown in the country’s biggest city, Auckland, was extended on Friday in r(...)

Coronavirus: New Zealand extends Auckland lockdown by 12 days
- Asia-Pacific
- August 14, 2020, 09:10
New Zealand’s government has extended the lockdown of its largest city, Auckland, for another 12 days as it tries to stamp out its first domestic coro(...)

New Zealand’s largest city in lockdown after first coronavirus cases in 102 days
- Asia-Pacific
- August 11, 2020, 11:20
New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of Covid-19 were discovered in the city, the f(...)

Brewery unwittingly names beer after Maori word for ‘pubic hair’
- Drink
- August 7, 2020, 10:20
A Canadian brewery and a leather store in New Zealand have found themselves in a hairy situation after using te reo Maori to unwittingly name their re(...)

So you’re thinking of emigrating? You haven’t a lot of options
- Abroad
- July 19, 2020, 06:15
During the post-2008 recession, Irish people became used to hearing how emigration was a “safety valve” for the labour market, wicking underemployed p(...)