ESL News New Zealand
Listen to New Zealand news, spoken slowly and clearly, using easy vocabulary.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 11
- Latest publication
- Sep 7, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Largest gas user Methanex will close (opens the original)
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If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more
Bird flu in New Zealand (opens the original)
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If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more
Tourism and traffic in Queenstown (opens the original)
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If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more
Students leaving school with no qualifications (opens the original)
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If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more
Auckland’s City Rail Link (opens the original)
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If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more
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