New Zealand
New Zealanders venture out as COVID-19 curbs eased in most regions
New Zealanders on Wednesday visited beaches and queued for takeaway food as tough lockdown measures enforced to beat an outbreak of the…
UPDATED: New Zealand’s Auckland to stay in lockdown for two more weeks
New Zealand's largest city Auckland will stay under an alert level 4 lockdown for another two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said…
UPDATED: New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
New Zealand reported its first recorded death linked to U.S. drugmaker Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Monday, after a…
New Zealand eases nationwide lockdown but Auckland shut off
New Zealand on Friday extended pandemic restrictions by four days after which they will be eased slightly, although businesses and schools will…
New Zealand’s Ardern says lockdown working to limit Delta spread
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the strict nationwide lockdown enforced to stamp out COVID-19 was helping limit the spread of…
New Zealand COVID-19 Delta outbreak spreading rapidly as cases jump
New Zealand on Tuesday recorded its highest increase in COVID-19 cases since April 2020, as authorities warned this current outbreak of the…
New Zealand’s COVID-19 strategy criticised as lockdown extended
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown on Monday, saying the current outbreak has not peaked, as criticism mounts of…
New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown extended as outbreak tops 100 cases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended New Zealand's strict nationwide COVID-19 lockdown saying the current outbreak of the Delta variant of…
New Zealand’s Ardern extends lockdown as virus outbreak widens
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a nationwide lockdown on Friday as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country jumped…
Delta outbreak exposes New Zealand’s low vaccination rates
New Zealand's coronavirus cases jumped on Thursday, as questions grew about the government's response to the pandemic given the slowest vaccination rate…
New Zealand identifies Delta outbreak origin as cases jump
New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak jumped to 21 cases on Thursday, but the authorities said the virus may not have been in the…
New Zealanders begin life in lockdown, Delta cases edge up
New Zealand's city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in…