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.
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'How dare they think that they can erase Māori': Why this long walk to Waitangi is so significant
This weekend, 80,000 people are expected to arrive at the grounds where New Zealand's founding document was signed by Māori chiefs and representatives of the crown. And they have a message for the prime minister.
A leaked memo, legal battles and a call-to-action from the Māori king — NZ is on edge
As a minor party in New Zealand's governing coalition pushes ahead with a plan to draft a controversial bill on the country's founding documents, Māori leaders have issued a warning.
Norfolk Island was rocked by this brutal murder. The killer will soon be released
In 2002, the first murder on Norfolk Island in more than 150 years confused police, shocked the small island community and made global headlines. The killer is approaching the end of his sentence.
Analysis
analysis:At this press conference, there was a key difference in responses to a race relations question
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has arrived in Australia for his first state visit, but a problem grown at home has followed him across the ditch.
'It's an absolute disgrace': In three weeks, NZ's new PM has reignited race relations
In three weeks, New Zealand's new prime minister has moved to wind back policies designed to improve outcomes for Māori and Pasifika people, and people are taking to the streets.
NZ has already held a supermarket study. Did it disrupt its duopoly?
Australia is likely to have a Senate inquiry into supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths next year, but across the ditch there are lessons about how hard it is to disrupt a duopoly.
Israel has levelled shocking allegations of sexual violence against Hamas. Here's what we know
The United Nations has held a hearing to air testimony of widespread sexual violence allegedly committed by Hamas-led militants against Israeli civilians on October 7. This is what we know about the investigation. WARNING: Readers may find some of the details in this story distressing.
Could an AI experiment called project Q* be the reason for the OpenAI meltdown?
When a billionaire darling of Silicon Valley became the CEO of OpenAI and built ChatGPT, he was sure it would change the world. But in one week, the collaboration between the company's altruistic board and thriving business unravelled, leaving the industry asking just how open AI is going to be in the future.
Three men walk into a negotiation. In NZ, they can take the 'agree to disagree' option
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
The trial over the deadly White Island eruption has ended with the final defendant, Whakaari Management Limited, handed the court's verdict in Auckland.
'We have learnt absolutely nothing': Pike River families fear history is repeating in NZ
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".
Analysis
analysis:As Australia rejects the Voice, NZ swings towards Te Pāti Māori
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
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.
Why these two men are refusing to work together after NZ election night
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
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.
Israeli death toll rises to more than 600 after Hamas attack — as it happened
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.
'New Zealanders are thinking we're on the wrong track': The challenge confronting PM candidates
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is fighting for his party's survival as the country heads to the polls on October 14.
Australia has long debated this housing idea, but in Auckland it's already working
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.
To claim the throne, Lachlan Murdoch gave up his independence and his relationship with his brother
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.
Deep in the Atlas Mountains, a monster was slowly growing. Moroccan villages on top had no chance
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
Two tourism companies on trial over the deadly Whakaari White Island volcano eruption have had charges dismissed.
Australia's iconic eucalyptus was shipped across the globe. Now, this flammable tree has 'gone feral'
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.
Judge in Whakaari White Island trial dismisses charges against brothers who own volcano
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.
Brothers who inherited NZ volcano ask judge to drop charges, claiming 'this is not a prosecution of a family'
James, Andrew and Peter Buttle apply to have the charges they are facing over the deadly 2019 eruption of their volcano dismissed.
In 1936, George Buttle wrote a number on a piece of paper and bought White Island. Now his grandsons give evidence
For the first time, the criminal trial over the deadly White Island eruption hears evidence from the three brothers who own the volcano.