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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 »

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 »