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Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand will not back down.

There is a cultural shift in the works when it comes to partying: Young people are thinking about their ears.

Kiribati's first president Sir Ieremia Tabai says the decision by the government to deport Australian-born Judge David Lambourne from the country is "a farce".

"The reality is that consumer confidence is at an all-time low and the fashion retail industry has been particularly affected," organisers say.

Despite low literacy rates in mainstream schools amongst Māori, the results are the complete opposite in kura kaupapa, Stanford says.

The weather event dominating the country's weather nearly a year is ending - but will anything actually change?

It will bring domestic and international transfers, check-ins and bag drops under one roof.

Global packaging leader TricorBraun has acquired Australian spirits packaging distributor UniquePak and Australian industrial packaging distributor Alplas Products (Alplas), further expanding the company's Australian presence and strengthening its position as a leading packaging provider in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).

From next year, the government expects all public schools to take a "proven structured literacy approach".

The situation is much worse than in comparable European countries, the senior doctors union says.