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New Zealand fully reopens in August: Ardern

Daniel Gilhooly, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 11 02:44 PM

New Zealand will fully reopen to the world in August, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Read more »

New Zealand to ease domestic virus restrictions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 02:02 PM

New Zealand will relax its strict Covid-19 rules this week because case numbers have peaked and the population has high levels of immunity, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday. Read more »

'Safe' New Zealand to reopen borders early

Neil Sands, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 08:43 AM

New Zealand will scrap its strict border controls early because the country's world-leading pandemic response has made it "a safe place to visit." Read more »

New Zealand delays full reopening until October

Praveen Menon and Jamie Freed, Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 11:38 AM

New Zealand on Thursday announced a phased reopening of its border that has been largely closed for 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

New Zealand PM Ardern isolating

Reuters
Posted at Jan 30 05:29 PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stayed in self-isolation on Sunday, as the country recorded 103 new COVID-19 infections. Read more »

New Zealand outbreak forces PM Ardern to scrap wedding plans

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 08:41 AM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was Sunday forced to call off her own wedding as she tightened COVID-19 restrictions in the face of an outbreak of the omicron variant. Read more »

Tonga volcano caused 'significant' damage

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 16 03:19 PM

There have been no reports of injury or deaths in Tonga following a powerful volcanic eruption, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Read more »

Daughter interrupts New Zealand PM's livestream

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 03:45 PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was busy telling the nation about important revisions to COVID-19 restrictions when an unexpected voice cut in. Read more »

New Zealand sets 90 pct vaccine target to end lockdowns

Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 06:45 AM

New Zealand will end its strict coronavirus lockdown measures only when 90% of the country is fully vaccinated. Read more »

New Zealand extends COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 18 02:49 PM

New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that the country's biggest city Auckland will remain in lockdown for another two weeks. Read more »

New Zealand to use vaccine certificates as Delta persists

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 10:56 AM

New Zealand said on Tuesday that it will start using COVID-19 vaccine certificates as proof of inoculation at large events. Read more »

New Zealand may end lockdowns with high vaccinations

Reuters
Posted at Sep 23 11:51 AM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday the country should aim for a 90%-plus rate of inoculation, and could drop strict coronavirus lockdown measures once enough people were vaccinated. Read more »

New Zealand lifts virus curbs

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 02:47 PM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said nationwide coronavirus curbs would be lifted, bar in the biggest city of Auckland. Read more »

New Zealand's Delta outbreak tops 100 cases

Reuters
Posted at Aug 23 09:51 AM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand on Monday reported 35 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections in its current outbreak to 107. Read more »

New Zealand extends Delta outbreak lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 09:31 AM

New Zealand extended a national COVID-19 lockdown Saturday as case numbers continued to rise and a Delta variant outbreak spread from Auckland to the capital Wellington. Read more »

New Zealand identifies Delta outbreak origin, cases rise

Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 12:53 PM

New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak jumped to 21 cases on Thursday, but the authorities said the virus may not have been in the community for long as they linked its origin to a recent returnee from Sydney. Read more »

New Zealand reports 4 more COVID cases as Delta spreads

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 18 08:22 AM

New Zealand's city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in six months in a bid to halt any spread of the infectious Delta variant of COVID-19. Read more »

New Zealand under lockdown over single COVID-19 case

Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 03:35 PM

New Zealand is under strict lockdown after one new case of COVID-19 was reported in its largest city of Auckland, the country's first in six months. Read more »

New Zealand plans opening to vaccinated travelers

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Posted at Aug 12 12:45 PM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travelers from low-risk countries from early 2022. Read more »

US, Japan, China leaders to attend virtual APEC summit

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 15 06:36 PM

SYDNEY — US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend an informal meeting of APEC leaders held virtually on Friday, their respective governments confirmed Thursday. Read more »