Tag: New Zealand
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Tourists received no safety warnings before volcano eruption killed 22, prosecutor says
Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a ... -
New Zealand’s economy dips into recession as higher interest rates bite
New Zealand’s economy has dipped into recession as higher interest rates take their toll, new figures released yesterday show. Gross domestic product fell by 0.1% in ... -
Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who led her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be temporarily joining Harvard University later this year, Kennedy ... -
Australians and New Zealanders recall war dead on Anzac Day
Hundreds of thousands of Australians gathered at dawn services and veterans’ street marches across the nation yesterday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day as ... -
Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65
Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died yesterday at the age of 65. ... -
Japan, NZ to speed up intel sharing pact amid China concerns
The foreign ministers of Japan and New Zealand agreed to speed up talks on an intelligence sharing pact as the two island nations vowed to strengthen ... -
Three dead, one missing as rain pounds Auckland
Authorities said over the weekend that three people had died and at least one was missing after record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, ... -
Premier Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said yesterday that she would ... -
Russia may again block Antarctic marine protections
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica’s pristine waters. Conservationists say new marine protected ... -
Women lawmakers outnumber men for first time
For the first time in New Zealand’s history, a majority of lawmakers are women. Soraya Peke-Mason from the liberal Labour Party was sworn in to Parliament ... -
Government proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers
New Zealand’s government yesterday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate ... -
PM Ardern to visit counterpart Albanese in Sydney
Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held face-to-face meetings with the leaders of the United States, India, Japan and Indonesia during his hectic two weeks ... -
New Zealand | Ardern signals harsher stance on vaccine protest
New Zealand’s prime minister yesterday said protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates were using “intimidation and harassment,” as authorities appeared to take a harsher stance toward the ... -
New Zealand | All 13 on skydiving plane leap out before crash
All 13 people aboard a New Zealand skydiving plane that suffered an apparent engine failure yesterday managed to leap out in parachutes moments before the plane plunged ... -
NEW ZEALAND | Eminem publishers sue National Party over ‘Lose Yourself’ song
The music publishers for American rapper Eminem filed a lawsuit yesterday against New Zealand’s ruling political party over the music it used in a campaign commercial. Detroit-based Eight ...
