New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand mosque shootings report says far-right threat overlooked

Intelligence agencies were too focused on the threat posed by Islamist extremism at the expense of other dangers including white supremacism, the report says.

08/12/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern declares 'climate emergency'

Britain, Ireland, and at least a dozen states have made similar declarations.

02/12/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand files 13 safety charges after volcano killed 22

New Zealand authorities filed safety violation charges on Monday against 10 organisations and three individuals after a volcanic eruption at White Island last year killed 22 people.

30/11/2020

World

Geologists in New Zealand plan to deep into extinct volcano for heat

They are planning to drill into an extinct 11-million-year-old volcano to use its heat as an alternative energy resource and reduce climate-damaging emissions.

27/11/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia but not marijuana

People voted 65% in favour of supporting an End of Life Choice Act that gives people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying.

30/10/2020

New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party secures victory in New Zealand election

The election was widely seen as a referendum on Ardern’s leadership since she took office three years ago.

17/10/2020

New Zealand

'Inhuman': Christchurch killer sentenced to life without parole

The judge said his crimes stemmed from a warped and malignant ideology.

26/08/2020

New Zealand

Gunman intended to blow up mosques, attack a third, NZ court told

Tarrant spent months surveilling his intended targets with a drone before carrying out an attack on two mosques in Christchurch in 2019, killing 51 people.

24/08/2020

New Zealand

Female leaders better at fighting COVID-19 than men, study finds

New Zealand, Germany and Bangladesh performed far better during the first wave of the pandemic than neighbouring companies with male leaders.

18/08/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand delays election after new virus outbreak

After 102 days without any community transmissions of COVID-19, there now are 58 known cases.

17/08/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand working to find source of latest COVID-19 outbreak

Experts in New Zealand are working to find out the source of the latest outbreak of coronavirus, with test results showing the strain could be from Australia or the UK.

13/08/2020

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New Zealand: People queue at supermarkets amid new COVID-19 cases

People rushed to supermarkets in New Zealand after the country announced its first locally transmitted coronavirus infections after more than 100 days without cases.

11/08/2020

New Zealand

COVID-19: New Zealand sees first outbreak after 102 days

The Prime Minister has announced four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in one family from an unknown source.

11/08/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand's health minister resigns after virus blunders

New Zealand's health response has been praised around the world after the country managed to eliminate community transmission of the virus. But Health Minister David Clark himself has been widely ridiculed.

02/07/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand intensifies quarantine rules after two new COVID-19 cases

"This case represents an unacceptable failure of the system. It should never have happened and it cannot be repeated," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

17/06/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand eliminates COVID-19 while Europe reports fewer deaths

There were no new active cases in New Zealand for the first time since February, and in Europe, many countries see signs of hope.

08/06/2020

Green News

Would you move to rural New Zealand to send your kids to Green School?

Parents are trying out this radical new form of education, which puts the environment at the centre of learning.

26/05/2020

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Groundbreaking TV? Earthquake hits during Jacinda Ardern interview

An earthquake hit as New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern was being interviewed live on TV.

25/05/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 social distancing restrictions

The country will move to Alert level 3, with fewer restrictions on movement, on Monday night.

27/04/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism charges

Brenton Harrison Tarrant livestreamed his attack - the worst atrocity in New Zealand's modern history - on Facebook.

26/03/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand cancels mosque shooting memorial over virus fear

New Zealand cancels mosque shooting memorial over virus fear

14/03/2020

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New Zealand says goodbye to 2019 with huge fireworks display

Crowds cheered as the sky over Auckland was lit up by fireworks to herald the arrival of 2020.

31/12/2019

New Zealand

Assault weapons ban will make New Zealand safer, government says

It came after the killing of 51 worshipppers at two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch last March.

21/12/2019

New Zealand

Police release updated list of White Island volcano victims

At least 18 people have died or are missing following the eruption of the Whakaari volcano in the Bay of Plenty last week

17/12/2019

New Zealand

A week on, New Zealand observes minute of silence for volcano victims

Just a week after a deadly volcanic eruption which killed at least 16 people, New Zealanders observed a minute of silence on Monday to honour the victims.

16/12/2019

New Zealand

Death toll of New Zealand volcano eruption rises again

One more person died in an Australian hospital as recovery teams continued to search waters near White Island

11/12/2019