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New Zealand reopens borders to visa-waiver countries

Kyodo News
Posted at May 02 03:33 PM

Tourists from visa-waiver countries and territories can now enter if they are fully vaccinated against COVID and return a negative pre-departure test. 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 »

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

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 31 09:43 AM

A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth due to strict Covid-19 regulations said she has been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban. 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 to reopen to foreign travelers from April 30

Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 10:36 AM

New Zealand will keep its borders closed to most international travelers for a further five months, the government said on Wednesday, outlining a cautious easing of border curbs that have been in place since COVID-19 hit in March 2020. Read more »

New Zealand's daily virus cases cross 200 for first time

Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 08:17 AM

New Zealand's 206 new daily community infections on Saturday carried it past the double-hundred mark for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, as the nation scrambles to vaccinate its population of 5 million. 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 drops COVID-19 elimination plan as Delta persists

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 02:23 PM

New Zealand on Monday abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus, easing some COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in its biggest city Auckland, and will instead look to live with the virus while controlling its spread. Read more »

New Zealand's Delta outbreak spreads outside Auckland

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 11:10 AM

New Zealand's Delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional regions into a snap lockdown. 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 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 »

NZ's Auckland emerges from lockdown; Australia starts AstraZeneca vaccinations

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Mar 07 01:59 PM

Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious British coronavirus variant. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccines touch down in Australia, New Zealand, inoculations to start

Renju Jose and Melanie Burton, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 03:59 PM

Australia and New Zealand have received their first COVID-19 vaccine deliveries and will begin rolling out inoculations in the coming week, while populous cities of Melbourne and Auckland remained locked down following the emergence of new cases. Read more »

New Zealand confirms fresh community virus outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 11:57 AM

New Zealand confirmed a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in the community Sunday, with a family of three testing positive including a woman who works for a catering firm servicing international flights. 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 health officials probe probable community COVID-19 case

Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 09:08 AM

New Zealand health officials said on Sunday they were investigating a probable community coronavirus case, the country's first in months. Read more »

Australia records one local COVID-19 case, NZ quarantine worker tests positive

Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 12:40 PM

Australia on Tuesday reported one locally acquired case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, while New Zealand registered its first community transmission in more than two weeks after a worker at a quarantine facility tested positive. 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 PM says 'we beat the virus again'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 12:23 PM

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared on Monday New Zealand "beat the virus again" and announced restrictions in the country's largest city would be eased, after a second COVID-19 wave was contained.   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 »