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15 December 2015
New Zealand has joined the Global Geothermal Alliance at the U.N. climate conference in Paris.
“As the world transitions towards a lower carbon future, the increased demand for renewable energy, coupled with the ongoing interest…
Film & TV | UPI.com
26 November 2015
New Zealand-born actor Marton Csokas, 49, told reporters at the recent New York Comic-Con he is happy to star in the martial-arts drama Into the Badlands because it is unlike anything else on American…
Nature | UPI.com
6 March 2014
For the first time, New Zealand scientists say they have found an egg on Little Barrier Island of an endangered bird that had been presumed extinct for more than a century.
The storm petrel is…
Z-Files | UPI.com
11 August 2013
The small New Zealand town of Norsewood is better known for it’s wool wear and affinity for trolls. But the small town, whose populations barely scrapes above 300, is making international news for reports…
Theatre | UPI.com
5 January 2011
Paul Stephanus, director of the play Quarantine, plans to ferry his audience at dusk to a disused convalescence chamber on Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington harbour during next month’s Fringe Festival. Once the audience disembarks…
Film & TV | TV Guide | UPI.com
10 December 2010
Actor Sam Neill has a role in the upcoming Fox pilot series Alcatraz which chronicles the efforts of a team of FBI agents tracking down a group of missing prisoners and guards who reappear…
War & Peace | UPI.com
18 December 2009
New Zealand has voted to unanimously to ban cluster munitions. New Zealand’s Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill bans the use, development, production and stockpiling of cluster munitions in the country and by New Zealanders offshore….
Politics and Economics | UPI.com
22 April 2009
New Zealand’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr David Walker has been appointed as the new Chair of the WTO Doha Round Agriculture Negotiations. Walker replaces fellow New Zealander Crawford Falconer, who…