New Zealand

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern participates in a televised debate with National leader Judith Collins at TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Pool via REUTERS/
Coronavirus chronicle

New Zealand PM warns of more Covid-19 variants in 2022

Ardern's warning came as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the parliament building in the capital Wellington, demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates

Shoppers walk through a retail district in the wake of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown restrictions being eased in Auckland, New Zealand, November 10, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Fortress New Zealand delays full reopening until October

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South Asia

Pregnant woman denied re-entry to New Zealand offered refuge by Taliban

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New Zealand PM Ardern is self isolating after exposure to Covid positive case

HMNZS Aotearoa departs to provide disaster relief and assistance to Tonga after a volcanic eruption and tsunami, from Auckland, New Zealand, January 18, 2022, in this still image taken from video. Photo :Reuters
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Water crisis looms for tsunami-hit Tonga; New Zealand help on the way

A plume rises over Tonga when the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai erupted in this satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite operated by Japan Meteorological Agency, on January 15, 2022 and released by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and obtained by Reuters on January 16, 2022. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)/Handout via REUTERS
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Australia, New Zealand step up efforts to aid tsunami-hit Tonga

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New Zealand PM: ‘We know that vaping is making a difference’

Shoppers walk through a retail district in the wake of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown restrictions being eased in Auckland, New Zealand. (File Photo / REUTERS)
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Omicron-free New Zealand celebrates Christmas without curbs

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Coronavirus chronicle

New Zealand links 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

New Zealand's Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield attends a news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in Wellington, New Zealand, February 17, 2021. Picture taken February 17, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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New Zealand reports first Omicron case in Christchurch border facility

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World+Biz

New Zealand plans lifetime ban on cigarette sales to stamp out smoking

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington, New Zealand, October 11, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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New Zealand to ease Covid measures this week despite Omicron threat - PM

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Offbeat

New Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labour, gives birth