New Zealand is suspending all high-level contact with Myanmar and imposing a travel ban on its military leaders following last week’s coup, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today. New Zealand will also ensure its aid programme will not include projects that are delivered with, or benefit, the military government, Ardern […]
New Zealand investigates new Covid-19 case linked to quarantine facility
New Zealand health authorities said today they were investigating a new community coronavirus infection, the fourth in two weeks among people who completed mandatory isolation at an Auckland quarantine facility for returned overseas travellers. The new case was diagnosed in a person self-isolating at home in Hamilton, a city in […]
New Zealand, Vietnam top Covid performance ranking; US, UK languish
New Zealand, Vietnam, and Taiwan rank the top three in a Covid Performance Index of almost 100 countries for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Britain and America near the bottom of the pile. The Lowy Institute said its index published today excludes China, where the first cases […]
New Zealand’s new Covid-19 case is South African variant
New Zealand’s first case of coronavirus in the community for more than two months has been identified as the South African variant and was likely contracted in hotel quarantine, health minister Chris Hipkins said today. The 56-year-old woman, who recently returned from Europe, tested positive on Saturday, 10 days after […]
New Zealand probes first ‘probable’ community Covid-19 case in months
New Zealand health officials said today they were investigating what they said was probably the country’s first community coronavirus case, in months in a woman who recently returned from overseas. The 56-year-old, who returned to New Zealand on December 30, tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 days after […]
New Zealand further tightens border measures to combat coronavirus
New Zealand will further tighten border measures to combat the global spread of more transmissible variants of the Covid-19 virus. From Jan 18, almost all people entering New Zealand will need to be tested for the virus within the first 24 hours of arrival, Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins said in […]
Unilever to trial four-day working week in New Zealand
Consumer goods giant Unilever will trial a four-day working week in New Zealand to enhance worker well being and boost productivity. All 81 workers will be eligible to work for four days on full pay, New Zealand Managing Director Nick Bangs said in a statement Tuesday. Most of the staff […]
New Zealand mosque shooter sentencing begins on August 24
The sentencing hearing for an Australian man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s worst mass shooting has been set to begin on Aug. 24, the court said on Friday. Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty earlier this year to 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder and […]
New Zealand eliminates Covid-19 with zero active cases reported
New Zealand reported zero active cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic reached its shores, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus. The South Pacific nation said Monday that the last of its coronavirus patients has recovered. That makes it one of the few […]
Jofra Archer abuser banned for two years in New Zealand
The man who racially abused England bowler Jofra Archer during a Test against the Black Caps was banned on Tuesday from international and domestic matches in New Zealand for two years. Archer was targeted by racial abuse on the final day of the first Test between England and New Zealand […]
Death toll from New Zealand volcano eruption rises to 19
The death toll from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand earlier this month has risen to 19 after police said Monday another person died at an Auckland hospital overnight. There were 47 people visiting the tourist destination of White Island when the volcano erupted Dec. 9, killing 13 people initially […]
One dead, several injured and reported missing after volcano erupts in New Zealand
At least one person was killed, several injured and others reported missing in New Zealand after a volcano erupted off the east coast of its North Island on Monday, spewing a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air. Twenty-three people, some of them believed to be tourists from […]
England cricket coach to leave New Zealand after bereavement
England coach Chris Silverwood will leave his team’s tour of New Zealand early because of a family bereavement, officials said Wednesday. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Silverwood would depart on Saturday after day two of the second Test in Hamilton. “Assistant coaches Graham Thorpe and Paul Collingwood […]
Millennials cheer New Zealand lawmaker’s ‘OK, Boomer’ remark
A 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker’s “OK, Boomer” response in parliament when heckled by an older colleague is being cheered by millennials around the world. Chloe Swarbrick was speaking during debate on Tuesday about the Zero Carbon bill, which would set a target of zero carbon emissions for the country by […]
Kane Williamson ruled out of England T20Is, Tim Southee to lead New Zealand
Regular New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the upcoming five-match T20I series against England following a hip injury. Right-arm pacer Tim Southee will lead the side in Williamson’s absence. The decision to rest Williamson was taken after he represented Northern Districts against Canterbury at the Hagley […]