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Listen to New Zealand news, spoken slowly and clearly, using easy vocabulary.
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02 February 2026
Popular baby names in 2025
If you want to develop your listening skills, try the tasks below 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. You can use the vocabulary list ... Read more
26 January 2026
Manage My Health data breach
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 text. You can use the vocabulary list to check ... Read more
19 January 2026
Windy Wellington
If you want to develop your listening skills, try the tasks below 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. You can use the vocabulary list ... Read more
12 January 2026
Free trade agreement with India
If you want to develop your listening skills, try the tasks below 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 ... Read more
22 December 2025
New Zealand’s summer break
Note: ESL News is taking a break until 12 January. We wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and happy holidays wherever you are. 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 ... Read more
15 December 2025
Warmest spring on record
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 text. The vocabulary list is now first, so that ... Read more
08 December 2025
Yellow legged hornet pest in Auckland
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 text. The vocabulary list is now first, so that ... Read more
01 December 2025
Feral cats
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 text. The vocabulary list is now first, so that ... Read more
24 November 2025
First Moriori Language Week
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, after the Vocabulary. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the text. The vocabulary list is now ... Read more
17 November 2025
New Zealand, climate change, and COP30
If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the news story. The answers are at the bottom of this page, after the Vocabulary. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the news story. The vocabulary list ... Read more