Eva Corlett

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Worst day on New York stock market since Covid-19 crisis as US dollar falls to six month low after US President Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs fuel recession fears

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Eva Corlett

A parliamentary committee has recommended a bill that seeks to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown should not proceed. The treaty principles bill, which was introduced to parliament by the minor coalition Act party, seeks to abandon a set of well-established principles that guide the relationship between Māori and ruling authorities in favour of its own redefined principles.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Eva Corlett

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Eva Corlett

Are you sick of throwing yourself on the altar of unrealistic beauty standards? Do you long to celebrate the delightfully monstrous, to give the spiny stuff of shadows their day in the sun? Then consider the mighty wētāpunga – an endemic New Zealand insect so revered for its unconventional beauty its name means “god of ugly things”. This forest behemoth is thought to be the heaviest adult insect in the world, with a female weighing as much as a mouse or a sparrow.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Eva Corlett

Popular sportswear company Hoka has been accused of failing to acknowledge the Māori origins of its name by Indigenous intellectual property experts in New Zealand, making it the latest in a string of global brands to be accused of misappropriating Māori culture. The French American firm, which specialises in running shoes, takes its name from the Māori word hoka, meaning “to fly”. Its logo, a bird in flight, mirrors the word’s meaning, as does its tagline “fly, human, fly”.