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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 »

New Zealand's Ardern calls emergency APEC pandemic meeting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 11:58 AM

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced a hastily convened virtual meeting of APEC leaders this week to discuss the Asia-Pacific region's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact.   Read more »

5 stabbed in New Zealand knife attack, terror link ruled out

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 04:00 PM

A knife-wielding attacker stabbed 5 people in a New Zealand supermarket Monday, critically injuring 3, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it appeared the rampage was not terror related. Read more »

New Zealand to open travel bubble with Cook Islands

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 04:14 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand will open a travel bubble with the tiny Cook Islands this month, adopting quarantine-free arrangements similar to those already established with Australia, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Read more »

New Zealand, Australia to open COVID travel bubble

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 06 01:51 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand approved quarantine-free travel with Australia Tuesday, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying a two-way corridor for travel between the two largely Covid-free nations to begin on April 18. Read more »

New Zealand to buy enough Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for entire population

Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:34 AM

SYDNEY - New Zealand will buy additional COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech, which will be enough to vaccinate the whole country, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.   Read more »

New Zealand to lift coronavirus lockdown in biggest city on Sunday

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 05 01:32 PM

ELLINGTON - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government will on Sunday lift a lockdown in the country's largest city of Auckland which was prompted by just one new case of the coronavirus.   Read more »

New Zealand virus outbreak is first of UK variant: officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 09:26 AM

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Two new coronavirus infections which sent New Zealand's biggest city into lockdown Monday are due to the UK variant of the disease, the first to be detected in the country, officials said. Read more »

New Zealand will get first batch of coronavirus vaccines next week

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 05:58 AM

New Zealand will receive its first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine next week, ahead of previous expectations of receipt by the end of March, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday.   Read more »

New Zealand to inoculate high-risk people first; COVID-19 vaccine gets full approval

Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 11:54 AM

SYDNEY - New Zealand will first administer COVID-19 vaccines to quarantine personnel, front line health workers and airline staff, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said, as the government formally approved its use on Wednesday. Read more »

New Zealand suspends ties with Myanmar; to ban visits from military leaders

Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 01:15 PM

New Zealand is suspending all high-level contact with Myanmar and imposing a travel ban on its military leaders following last week's coup, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday. Read more »

New Zealand posibleng 1 taon isara ang border

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 08:20 PM

Ang pagsasara ay dahil umano wala pa ring katiyakan ang suplay ng bakuna sa iba-ibang panig ng mundo.  Read more »

New Zealand's Ardern set to declare climate emergency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 01:49 PM

"We’ve always considered climate change to be a huge threat to our region, and it is something we must take immediate action on." Read more »

New Zealand approves euthanasia, set to reject recreational marijuana

Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 10:08 AM

SYDNEY - New Zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia but is on course to reject recreational marijuana use, the country's Electoral Commission said on Friday. Read more »

Pandemic biggest hurdle for New Zealand's Ardern after 'tectonic' election

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 18 07:56 PM

Jacinda Ardern's landslide election win gives her a mandate for the transformational change she has been promising New Zealand for three years, but the COVID-19 pandemic may limit what she can actually do. Read more »

New Zealand announces new virus case day after 'COVID' election

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 10:31 AM

New Zealand confirmed a new community case of COVID-19 Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that the South Pacific nation had "beat the virus again". Read more »

New Zealand's Ardern: A victory forged in crisis

Neil Sands, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 17 06:53 PM

In a hectic first term, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has faced New Zealand's worst terror attack, a deadly volcanic eruption, the country's deepest recession in more than 30 years, and the shared global threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »

Ardern's Labour Party wins New Zealand election, opposition concedes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 05:34 PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party overwhelmingly won the country's general election on Saturday, her opponent Judith Collins said. Read more »

Will Jacinda Ardern win a second term? New Zealand’s election, explained

Damien Cave, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 16 10:57 PM

New Zealand’s popular prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is expected to return to power in this week’s general election, with polls giving her Labour Party a comfortable double-digit lead over the more conservative National Party.   Read more »

New Zealand eases virus controls, eyes elimination

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 12:49 PM

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moved most of New Zealand to the lowest virus alert setting Monday, saying the country was edging towards eliminating COVID-19.   Read more »