New Zealand
Fortress New Zealand eyes opening to vaccinated travellers early 2022
New Zealand plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries from early 2022, as it looks to open its…
New Zealand mourns death of Olympic cyclist Podmore at 24
New Zealand cycling was plunged into mourning on Tuesday after Olympian Olivia Podmore's sudden death at the age of 24. Podmore represented…
Virus-free New Zealand plans border reopening amid labour shortage
Under pressure from businesses and public sectors facing a worker shortage that policymakers fear will fuel inflation, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda…
New Zealand’s PM Ardern apologises for 1970s immigration raids on Pacific community
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology on Sunday to the Pacific community for racially targeted immigration raids…
New Zealand gives provisional nod to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
New Zealand's health regulator Medsafe has granted provisional approval for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 18 years of age and older,…
Bubble burst: New Zealand suspends quarantine-free travel with Australia
New Zealand will pause its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia for at least eight weeks starting Friday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…
New Zealand’s Ardern to chair special leaders’ meeting on pandemic
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will chair an informal meeting of leaders from countries in the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC this…
New Zealand industry ire grows as closed borders worsen labour shortages
New Zealand's closed borders have helped keep COVID-19 out of the Pacific nation, but a critical shortage of migrant labour is now…
New Zealand considers mandatory masks, scanning amid COVID Delta variant concerns
New Zealand is considering making masks compulsory at high alert levels as well as compulsory scanning of QR codes to boost contact…
New Zealand extends COVID-19 alert level in capital
New Zealand will extend the COVID-19 alert level in the capital Wellington for two days, as authorities said on Sunday there is…
Sydney isolated as COVID-19 clusters build; NZ tightens curbs in capital
Australia's largest city of Sydney re-introduced "soft touch" COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday to contain a widening outbreak of the highly infectious Delta…
Pandemic propels Auckland to top of EIU’s most liveable cities ranking
COVID-19 has shaken up the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities, propelling Auckland to first place, replacing Vienna, which…