Tag: New Zealand
New Zealand reports four new possible cases of coronavirus
New Zealand on Wednesday reported four new possible cases of COVID-19, as the country’s largest city went into lockdown.
Coronavirus returns to New Zealand, Auckland set for lockdown
New Zealanders on Wednesday scrambled to stock up on essentials as the country’s biggest city of Auckland prepared to go…
Virus free New Zealand world’s safest place
Virus- free New Zealand, the Pacific island nation of 5 million people is now the safest place in the world…
Australia, New Zealand shut borders
Australia and New Zealand have both closed their borders to all visitors except for citizens and permanent residents and their…
Coronavirus: Confirmed cases in New Zealand reach 8
Two more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in New Zealand, making the total confirmed cases in the country eight.
Death toll reaches 16 in New Zealand volcanic eruption
The New Zealand Police said on Sunday that another victim had been confirmed dead in an Australian hospital, making the…
New Zealand: 6 bodies recovered from volcanic island
A recovery team has retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s White Island volcano in spite of eruption risks, four days…
Australian, American, Chinese, 5 others still missing at New Zealand volcano
Eight tourists are still missing at the site of New Zealand White Island volcano as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed…
Volcano eruption: Tourists missing, injured in New Zealand
Almost 1,000 tourists were stuck in the New Zealand tourist town of Franz Josef on Monday after torrential rains closed…
New Zealand PM challenges extremist online content
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced more funding and support on Monday to target violent extremist content online, just…
New Zealand postpones long-awaited re-entry into deadly mine
New Zealand postponed plans to re-enter Pike River Mine in which 29 men died in 2010, just one day before…
Christchurch attack: New Zealand votes for gun law changes
All but one member of New Zealand’s Parliament voted on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after…
New Zealand Attack: Islamic centre calls for calm
The International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE) has appealed to Muslims to remain calm, peaceful and eschew violence,…
New Zealand: Christchurch mosques reopen after attacks
Smelling of fresh paint, the two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch where a gunman killed 50 worshipers…
‘We are one’, says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns
The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember…