New Zealand on Monday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the community in months in a 56-year-old woman, but said close contacts of the recently returned traveller had so far tested negative.
Read articleEconomic growth will recover more rapidly while budget deficits and net debt will be lower than expected, New Zealand's Finance Minister Grant Robertson said.
Read articleAlmost half of New Zealand's newly sworn-in Parliament are women and 11% are openly LGBTQ. Both New Zealand's Indigenous MÄori and people with Pacific Island heritage are represented at a slightly higher rate than in the general population.New Zealand's Parliament is now the best in the world for LGBTQ representation.It also has the highest rate of female MPs in the OECD, alongside Mexico.
Read articleNew Zealand has voted the kakapo its Bird of the Year. It was a tough competition and only a complex election system allowed the big flightless parrot to triumph over its closest rival, the Antipodean albatross.
Read articleNew Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister Monday to represent what's shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world.
Read articleJacinda Ardern has won a second term as New Zealand's Prime Minister after her success at handling the country's coronavirus outbreak helped secure a landslide victory.
Read articlePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is facing re-election, called the country’s reopening a validation of its “go hard, go early†response.
Read articleFace masks are no longer mandatory on public transport in most of New Zealand as Covid-19 cases continue to drop.
Read articleAustralian terrorist did not oppose the unprecedented sentence, which comes after three days of emotional victim impact statements
Read articleA court in New Zealand has heard for the first time an official account of how a terrorist who murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch planned and executed the attacks – and his intentions to burn down both places of worship and attack a third.
Read articleEcostore has issued a permanent ‘’recall’’ on its containers to make a point about the country’s lack of plastic recycling facilities – but not everyone is impressed.
Read articleNew Zealand has marked an enviable milestone -- more than 100 days since its last coronavirus case was acquired locally from an unknown source.
Read articleThe secrets to New Zealand’s success at eliminating coronavirus has been revealed by university researchers, who have found compliance with basic hygiene practices and trust in authorities was at nearly 100%.
Read articleNew Zealand is now very close to its elimination target. But there is still a 5% chance of undetected cases.
Read articleJacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most popular prime minister in a century, a Newshub-Reid Research poll showed on Monday, thanks to her COVID-19 response that made the country among the most successful in curbing the spread of the disease.
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