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Emily Clark
Emily Clark is a journalist with ABC News International. She has been a journalist since 2010, working in current affairs television and digital news. Emily has been with ABC News since 2014, working on the mobile team, as front page editor and as digital lead of the national rounds team. In 2020, Emily was deputy editor of ABC News Digital and travelled to the United States to cover the general election. Get in touch at Clark.Emily@abc.net.au or on Twitter @Em_Dawn.
Latest by Emily Clark
Three men walk into a negotiation. In NZ, they can take the 'agree to disagree' option
By Emily Clark
In New Zealand, the Labour Party ministers have just been re-sworn into caretaker government, despite losing the election. Here's why forming government is a little different in Aotearoa.
Company held by White Island volcano owners found guilty as criminal proceedings conclude
By Emily Clark
The trial over the deadly White Island eruption has ended with the final defendant, Whakaari Management Limited, handed the court's verdict in Auckland.
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'We have learnt absolutely nothing': Pike River families fear history is repeating in NZ
By Emily Clark
New Zealand pledged to improve its workplace health and safety record, but 13 years later, Pike River Mine families say "we have learnt absolutely nothing".
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Analysis
analysis:As Australia rejects the Voice, NZ swings towards Te Pāti Māori
By Emily Clark
New Zealand Labour took a step to the centre, and its supporters walked in the opposite directions, writes Emily Clark.
NZ elects Christopher Luxon as PM as blue wave crashes across country
By Emily Clark
New Zealand has voted for change, with the National Party claiming a resounding victory over Labour and sending first-term MP Christopher Luxon to the prime minister's office.
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Why these two men are refusing to work together after NZ election night
By Emily Clark
The New Zealand election is going to be very close, with at least one party concerned there will be no clear winner and the country will have to vote again.
'We are going on the offensive': Israel to blockade Gaza as reservists called up en masse — as it happened
By Brianna Morris-Grant, Lara Smit, Emily Clark, Gavin Coote, Debra Killalea, Claudia Williams, and Riley Stuart
Since Saturday's surprise assault, Israeli aircraft have been pounding Gaza targets while its ground forces have battled to retake control of border villages and towns overrun by Palestinian gunmen.
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Israeli death toll rises to more than 600 after Hamas attack — as it happened
By Caitlyn Davey, Georgie Hewson, and Emily Clark
Israeli officials in the US say the death toll from the attack by Hamas is now more than 600, with over 1,800 injured, while 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped.
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'New Zealanders are thinking we're on the wrong track': The challenge confronting PM candidates
By Emily Clark
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is fighting for his party's survival as the country heads to the polls on October 14.
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Australia has long debated this housing idea, but in Auckland it's already working
By Emily Clark
In Auckland, the council has been running an experiment, and at the heart of it is a bold decision to remove restrictions around zoning — but the New Zealand election could change things.
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To claim the throne, Lachlan Murdoch gave up his independence and his relationship with his brother
By Lucia Stein, Lucy Sweeney and Emily Clark and Rebecca Armitage
Lachlan Murdoch was once the reluctant heir apparent to a sprawling media empire, spending years in the wilderness after a confrontation with his father. This is how he was welcomed back into the fold and handed the keys to the kingdom.
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Deep in the Atlas Mountains, a monster was slowly growing. Moroccan villages on top had no chance
By Lucy Sweeney, Mark Doman, Emily Clark and Lucia Stein
In the days since a deadly earthquake rippled through Morocco's High Atlas Mountain, devastating stories of loss have emerged. Seismic data and satellite imagery show the sheer scale of this destruction.
More White Island tourism companies have charges dismissed, just one defendant remains
By Emily Clark
Two tourism companies on trial over the deadly Whakaari White Island volcano eruption have had charges dismissed.
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Australia's iconic eucalyptus was shipped across the globe. Now, this flammable tree has 'gone feral'
By Emily Clark
From southern Europe to the east coast of the United States, debate is raging over how vulnerable the eucalyptus tree is to fire and whether it's doing more harm than good.
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Judge in Whakaari White Island trial dismisses charges against brothers who own volcano
By Emily Clark
The judge overseeing a criminal trial into the deadly eruption of Whakaari White Island in 2019 dismisses charges against the three brothers who own the volcano, with proceedings set to continue over their company's involvement.
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Brothers who inherited NZ volcano ask judge to drop charges, claiming 'this is not a prosecution of a family'
By Emily Clark
James, Andrew and Peter Buttle apply to have the charges they are facing over the deadly 2019 eruption of their volcano dismissed.
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In 1936, George Buttle wrote a number on a piece of paper and bought White Island. Now his grandsons give evidence
By Emily Clark
For the first time, the criminal trial over the deadly White Island eruption hears evidence from the three brothers who own the volcano.
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Six friends pooled their money for the home of their dreams. It almost wasn’t enough
By Emily Clark
Like Australia, New Zealand has been battling a housing supply problem. One group of friends came up with their own solution.
'Why are we getting so badly ripped off?': How one bag of onions in the UK sparked outrage in NZ
By Emily Clark
Food prices in New Zealand are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years, but there are hopes a new grocery regulator will change things.
Tour operators placed a shipping container on Whakaari in the event of an eruption, court hears
By Emily Clark
The Whakaari White Island trial hears from experts that a shipping container placed on the volcano "as a shelter" was of little value in the event of an eruption.
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Macron warns of 'new imperialism' in Pacific, as Blinken says 'door is open' for NZ to join AUKUS
By ABC Pacific's Nick Sas, Emily Clark and PNG correspondent Tim Swanston
The United States says "the door is open" for New Zealand to join AUKUS, as three of the world's most influential leaders continue their tour of the Pacific region.
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One in 20 chance of a 'mass casualty event' on White Island, expert tells court
By Emily Clark
The trial over the deadly 2019 Whakaari White Island eruption has heard there was a 5 per cent chance multiple people would die during tours of the volcano.
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'Cool down those leggings ASAP': Whakaari survivors answer questions on activewear
By Emily Clark
As the criminal trial over the deadly Whakaari White Island disaster continues, an emerging line of inquiry is what tourists were told to wear on the day of the eruption.
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White Island trial hears of 'near miss' as expert gives evidence on volcano risk
By Emily Clark
The criminal trial into the White Island disaster has heard from volcano monitor GNS Science about how it changed its risk assessment process after a "near miss".
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'It still bothers me': Court hears of moment Whakaari survivor was separated from family
By Emily Clark
The criminal trial into the Whakaari White Island disaster has heard evidence from an Australian survivor who lost both his parents and his only sister in the 2019 eruption.
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