Hacker News with Generative AI: New Zealand

Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty (bbc.com)
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

New Zealand, Politics, Treaty, Maori, Protest

7 points by divbzero 6 days ago | 0 comments

HMNZS Manawanui sinking: NZ Navy ship ran aground (nzherald.co.nz)

New Zealand, Naval Accidents, Maritime, Military

16 points by keepamovin 46 days ago | 3 comments

New Zealand scientists discover ghostly 'spookfish' (phys.org)
Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down.

New Zealand, Marine Biology, Fish, Science

28 points by wglb 57 days ago | 4 comments

FRED: New Zealand open-access and crowdsource database of fossil records (fred.org.nz)
FRED is a computer database for the New Zealand Fossil Record File (FRF) which is a recording scheme for fossil localities in NZ and nearby regions.

Databases, Paleontology, New Zealand, Open Access, Crowdsourcing

113 points by teleforce 57 days ago | 9 comments

Tō Reo – A Māori Spellchecker (xn--treo-l3a.nz)
Tō Reo — your Māori spellchecker beta

Language, New Zealand, Software, Spellcheckers

170 points by firstbabylonian 62 days ago | 43 comments

Uber loses New Zealand appeal, court rules drivers are employees not contractors (nzherald.co.nz)

Uber, Lawsuits, Employment, New Zealand

117 points by ajdlinux 87 days ago | 72 comments

Kiwi billionaire Peter Thiel eyes possible shift to New Zealand (nzherald.co.nz)

New Zealand, Billionaires, Immigration

12 points by timack 93 days ago | 6 comments

Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand (reuters.com)