Travel News Travel between Australia and New Zealand allowed from April 19 Travellers will not have to quarantine when they move between the two nations. 06/04/2021
Destinations How has New Zealand harnessed the power of domestic travel? After the country's borders closed, New Zealanders have been encouraged to explore all that Aotearoa has to offer. 11/03/2021
New Zealand Powerful earthquake off coast of New Zealand prompts mass evacuations The earthquake followed two very strong 7.3 and 7.4 magnitude tremors, prompting thousands to seek higher ground. 04/03/2021
World Scientists discover glow-in-the-dark sharks off New Zealand They say that the findings had repercussions for our understanding of life in the deep sea; one of the least-studied ecosystems on the planet. 03/03/2021
New Zealand A decade on, New Zealand mourns 185 Christchurch earthquake victims Hundreds of people attended an outdoor service in Christchurch, which continues to rebuild from the magnitude 6.3 quake that destroyed much of its downtown. 22/02/2021
World News No new community cases found in New Zealand since lockdown There's hope that the restrictions in New Zealand might be short-lived as officials said they had found no new cases. 15/02/2021
New Zealand COVID-19: New Zealand's largest city to go into three-day lockdown This will be the first lockdown in six months for New Zealand, which had stamped out community transmission of the virus. 14/02/2021
New Zealand Tsunami alerts withdrawn after earthquake near New Caledonia New Zealand and Australia issued tsunami warnings after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. 10/02/2021
New Zealand MP stopped from speaking in parliament because he wasn't wearing a tie Rawiri Waititi said his Māori pendant was his choice of a tie and that it was "absurd" he was not allowed to speak in parliament for not wearing a necktie. 09/02/2021
New Zealand New Zealand records first COVID case outside of quarantine in months A 56-year-old woman tested positive for the virus after spending two weeks in quarantine after being in Europe. 24/01/2021
New Zealand British backpacker Grace Millane’s killer convicted of more attacks The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in 2018 has been convicted of sex attacks on two other women. 22/12/2020
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 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