Oceania

New Zealand

New Zealand vows anti-terror laws change after supermarket attack

Authorities say Friday's knife attack by an ISIS supporter has highlighted deficiencies in New Zealand's anti-terror laws.

04/09/2021

New Zealand

New Zealand police kill 'terrorist' after he stabs 6 people

An ISIS supporter stabbed and injured six people in an Auckland supermarket before police shot and killed him, New Zealand authorities said on Friday.

03/09/2021

Nature

Why are hundreds of sheep forming the shape of a heart in a field?

An Australian farmer has made a piece of art by arranging his sheep in this novel formation.

01/09/2021

New Zealand

Woman in New Zealand dies from heart inflammation following Pfizer jab

The woman developed myocarditis — a known, rare side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.

30/08/2021

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Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters clashed with police in Melbourne on Saturday.

Aerial footage showed protesters breaking through police lines before violence erupted.

21/08/2021

New Zealand

New Zealand loses its precious 'Rings' series to Britain

The series employed 1,200 people in New Zealand directly and another 700 indirectly, according to the figures.

13/08/2021

New Zealand

New Zealand to keep borders closed until the end of the year

The country has been able to successfully stamp out the pandemic by shutting its borders early and only allowing in residents and citizens.

12/08/2021

Australia

Australian capital goes into lockdown after one COVID-19 case found

Australia has used strict measures to control COVID-19 cases in the country.

12/08/2021

Nature

Two endangered tortoises meet for their first date via FaceTime

Now that Hugo the tortoise is ready to settle down, his keepers have found him a lady friend who travelled from Europe to meet him.

03/08/2021

Green News

Why were two anti-lockdown protesters charged with animal cruelty?

Two men were charged with animal cruelty after a violent image went viral during Australia’s anti-lockdown protests.

27/07/2021

Australia

Australia: Thousands join anti-lockdown protests amid surging cases

Thousands of people took to the streets of cities in Australia on Saturday to protest against lockdown restrictions, amid a surge in coronavirus cases

24/07/2021

Travel News

New Zealand suspends travel bubble with Australia

The rules change as of midnight tonight.

23/07/2021

Australia

Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games

The Games will go back to Australia 32 years after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics.

21/07/2021

Nature

Shark culling in Australia isn’t making it any safer to swim

Experts argue that Australia’s shark control methods are contributing to the largest marine cull in history.

13/07/2021

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Prisoners in Sydney climb onto prison roof

Prisoners climbed onto a prison roof in Sydney as smoke billowed from a burning section of the building on Monday.

12/07/2021

Australia

Australia's largest city Sydney locks down for third week

“The situation we’re in now is largely because we haven’t been able to get the vaccine that we need,” New South Wales state Health Minister Brad Hazzard said.

07/07/2021

Australia

Australian Grand Prix cancelled due to COVID-19 travel rules

The Australian Grand Prix has been canceled after organisers and Formula One couldn't come up with a compromise over Australia's strict COVID-19 travel and quarantine measures.

06/07/2021

Australia

COVID-19: Australia further curbs new arrivals due to risks of variant

Australia, which already has some of the world’s tightest border restrictions, will reduce its cap on arrivals from 6,000 passengers a week to 3,000 by July 14.

02/07/2021

New Zealand

New Zealand-Australia travel bubble paused due to COVID-19 cluster

New Zealand said its quarantine-free travel zone with Australia would be paused as Greater Sydney entered lockdown to control a cluster of COVID-19 cases.

26/06/2021

Australia

Delta variant outbreak forced parts of Sydney to go into lockdown

The outbreak has been traced back to a Sydney Airport limousine driver who is said to have been infected while transporting a foreign air crew.

25/06/2021

Nature

Australia against move to list Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger'

A meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee said in a report Monday that "there is no possible doubt" the network of colourful corals off Australia's northeast coast was "facing ascertained danger."

22/06/2021

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'Psychic' Thai lion predicts weekend's Euro games

Move over Paul the Octopus, Thailand has a new claimant to the football forecasting crown: Boy the "psychic" lion, who has so far correctly called four Euro 2020 matches.

18/06/2021

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New Zealand Floods

Aerial video showed the extent of the flooding in New Zealand's Canterbury region on Monday, as forecasters warned of possible heavy rain into the evening before conditions improved.

31/05/2021

Nature

First Tasmanian devil babies born on mainland Australia in 3,000 years

The Tasmanian devil babies are part of a conservation effort to reintroduce the animals to mainland Australia.

28/05/2021

Tech News

New Zealand health system hackers have released patient data

The group responsible for the ransomware attack released patient details to local media who passed the data on to the police.

26/05/2021

Samoa

Samoa's newly elected first female PM locked out of parliament

On Monday morning, Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her supporters showed up at parliament to form a new government, but were not allowed inside.

24/05/2021