New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed on Saturday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. “Despite best efforts, unfortunately, I’ve joined the rest of my family and tested positive for COVID-19,” Ardern posted on social media today morning, Xinhua news agency reported. Ardern has been isolated at home with […]
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New Zealand reports 6,407 new community cases of Covid-19
New Zealand recorded 6,407 new community cases of COVID-19, the ministry of health said on Monday. Among the new community infections, 2,066 were reported in the largest city Auckland, the ministry said in a statement. A further two people who have travelled from overseas to New Zealand have been confirmed […]
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New Zealand reports first Omicron XE variant
New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday. A person who has travelled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron, said the ministry. This is the first known detection […]
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Women’s CWC: Suzie Bates, Hannah Rowe shine as New Zealand cruise past Pakistan
A brilliant ton from opener Suzie Bates and a maiden five-wicket haul from Hannah Rowe helped New Zealand to register a 71-run victory over Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup match here at Hagley Oval on Saturday. Bates smashed 126 runs from 135 deliveries in the New […]
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Covid-19:New Zealand reopens its borders for tourists, other travellers
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday announced reopening of its borders for vaccinated Australians from April 12 and for travellers from May 1. “We have now received guidance that it is safe to significantly bring forward the next stage of border reopening work, bringing back our tourists,” announced Prime Minister Jacinda […]
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New Zealand imposes sanctions on about 100 Russians, including Putin: Foreign Ministry
New Zealand has introduced sanctions against the Russian leadership, including President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, with the total list amounting to some 100 Russians, the foreign ministry said on Monday. “Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta announced the introduction of targeted travel […]
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New Zealand’s Christchurch remembers 185 victims in 2011 earthquake
New Zealand’s second largest city of Christchurch on Tuesday marked the 11th anniversary of a violent and destructive earthquake that claimed 185 lives spanning more than 20 nationalities. Due to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, the annual memorial service was attended only by a few people. Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel laid […]
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New Zealand Foreign Minister urging citizens to leave Ukraine ‘immediately’
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta called on New Zealanders in Ukraine to leave the country as soon as possible due to the “heightened tensions.” “In response to heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the New Zealand Government is advising New Zealanders in the Ukraine to leave immediately while there are commercial flights able to get them home,” Mahuta said in a […]
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Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns diagnosed with bowel cancer
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Cairns confirmed this on Instagram. Just one week earlier, he was discharged from the hospital in Canberra following a heart attack and paraplegia. “As far as weeks go, I thought that Tom Brady retiring was going to be the low point […]
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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern tests negative for Covid-19
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has tested negative for COVID-19 after getting exposed to the coronavirus on a flight to Auckland, her spokesperson said. “The Prime Minister has returned a negative Covid-19 test. In line with Ministry of Health guidance she is required to continue isolating until the end of Tuesday, February 1, or as […]
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New Zealand tour of Australia postponed until further notice
New Zealand tour of Australia, initially scheduled for January 24-February 9, has been postponed until further notice, due to the lack of certainty over when the squad would be able to return to NZ. Despite a proposal from New Zealand Cricket and Cricket Australia to extend the length of the tour so that the Blackcaps could return home […]
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Trent Boult becomes 4th New Zealand bowler to register 300 Test wickets
New Zealand pacer Trent Boult on Monday reached the milestone of 300 Test wickets. The left-arm seamer achieved the feat on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test against Bangladesh here at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Boult is the fourth BlackCaps cricketer to achieve the milestone of 300 Test wickets and he […]
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Ross Taylor equals Daniel Vettori to become New Zealand’s most capped Test cricketer
As batter Ross Taylor stepped out to the field for the one final time in Tests, he equalled former spinner Daniel Vettori to become New Zealand’s most-capped Test cricketer on Sunday. Ross Taylor is currently playing his 112th Test match for the BlackCaps at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch, and as a result, he has equalled Vettori to become New […]
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New Zealand launches smokefree action plan to curb smoking
New Zealand on Thursday launched a smokefree action plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than five percent for all population groups by 2025. The plan called Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan has six key focus areas with ground-breaking policies to radically reduce the “availability, addictiveness and […]
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Rachin Ravindra becomes youngest New Zealand Test debutant since Ish Sodhi
Wellington Firebirds all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has become the youngest New Zealand Test debutant since Ish Sodhi (Bangladesh, 2013), as New Zealand was asked to bowl in the first Test against India in Kanpur. The 22-year-old will wear Test cap number 282 and bat at seven in a spin strong bowling […]