New Zealand
New Zealand to price sheep and cow burps to cut greenhouse gases
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand this week released a draft plan to put a price on agricultural emissions in a bid to…
Microplastics found in fresh Antarctic snow
Scientists have for the first time found microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctic snow. Researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand…
Australia, NZ hail Queen Elizabeth as republican question returns
SYDNEY, June 3 (Reuters) - Australia's new prime minister joined more than 50 Commonwealth leaders in paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth amid…
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for COVID
May 14 (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a…
New Zealand to open international borders fully to visitors from end-July
WELLINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday the country will fully reopen its international borders…
New Zealand welcomes Australian visitors as border restrictions ease
WELLINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - Australians started arriving in New Zealand on Wednesday after it opened its borders to travellers from its…
New Zealand PM Ardern announces border reopening earlier than previously signalled
WELLINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday said New Zealand will reopen its borders much earlier…
New Zealand’s Ardern signals mandates will ease after Omicron peaks
WELLINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - New Zealand will lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates and social distancing measures after the Omicron peak has passed,…
New Zealand capital Wellington shaken by magnitude 5.6 quake
WELLINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck New Zealand near the South Island town of Blenheim on Monday at…
New Zealand’s Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests ‘imported’
WELLINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she felt demonstrations against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate…
WATCH: New Zealand protesters block streets outside parliament
Hundreds of people protesting vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions blocked streets outside New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday with trucks and campervans, inspired…
New Zealand’s Maori Party calls for Queen to be removed as head of state
New Zealand’s Māori Party has called for the Queen to be dropped as the country’s head of state, on the day she…