New Zealand

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic in Wellington, New Zealand, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Praveen Menon/File Photo
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New Zealand PM Ardern says prepared for new Covid-19 variants

Ardern's government, under mounting pressure from the tourism industry and other businesses, announced earlier this week it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated international...

A pedestrian weariing a face mask walks past a storefront reading "Welcome Back!" as shoppers return to the Newmarket retail district in the wake of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown restrictions being eased in Auckland, New Zealand, November 10, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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New Zealand to reopen to foreign travellers from April 30

A flame burns from the end of a ventilation shaft of the Pike River coal mine near Greymouth on New Zealand's west coast November 30, 2010. Photo :Reuters
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New Zealand police find human remains in disaster-stricken mine after 11 years

Protesters rally against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) restrictions and vaccine mandates in Wellington, New Zealand, November 9, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Thousands protest in New Zealand against Covid-19 vaccine mandate

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wins a landslide victory on Saturday. Photo: Collected from Time Magazine website
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New Zealand PM Ardern welcomes signs of US greater presence in Indo-Pacific

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. Photo :Reuters
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New Zealand says it will cut greenhouse emissions by 50% by 2030 as COP26 starts

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Covid-19: Tonga reports its 1st ever case from plane traveler

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, June 15, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Australia rejects global methane pledge, but New Zealand might say yes

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New Zealand swears in first indigenous woman as Governor-general

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New Zealand health workers, teachers told 'no jab, no job'

The normally bustling High Street in Auckland’s CBD is largely deserted during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 26, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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New Zealand drops Covid-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

Police respond to the scene of an attack carried out by a man shot dead by police after he injured multiple people at a shopping mall in Auckland, New Zealand, September 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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New Zealand tightens terror law after recent IS-linked attack

A pedestrian walks past the New Zealand parliament building known as the Beehive in central Wellington, New Zealand, July 3, 2017. Picture taken July 3, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray
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New Zealand steps closer to tighter terrorism laws after supermarket knife attack