WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden is nominating former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Udall, a Democrat, retired in 2021 after two terms in the Senate representing New Mexico.

New Zealand is not a member state of the NATO military alliance but has been a partner country for a decade. The prime minister emphasised that while New Zealand had been invited, they were “not here to expand our military alliances.”

Authorities in New Zealand this week linked the death of a 26-year-old man to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, saying the individual suffered from myocarditis, a type of inflammation of the heart muscle, after taking the first dose.

A New Zealand citizen who had tested positive for the CCP virus was taken into custody on Thursday in central Auckland after he disobeyed a quarantine order, according to police.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has denied the incident was terror-related.

Sheep on farmland at the base of the crown range are seen in Queenstown, New Zealand, on June 25, 2020.

Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand national coordinator Aliya Danzeisen said her community was frustrated little had been done to fix holes in New Zealand's security agencies.

WELLINGTON—New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck said his space firm Rocket Lab was the result of a lifelong quest for signs of life outside earth, as the startup hit a new milestone with a Nasdaq listing on Thursday.

WELLINGTON—New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19, the government said.

New Zealand (NZ) will open its borders further in a fortnight, green-lighting quarantine-free travel to and from the Cook Islands from May 17.

Five travellers from New Zealand have arrived in Adelaide and have been placed in hotel quarantine.

New Zealand COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins addresses a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Oct. 11, 2021.

The company occasionally publishes positive material on Medium about what it feels are achievements in its Australia and New Zealand operations.

New Zealand has also recorded a further 6 more cases in the past 24 hours, taking the outbreak total to seven, including a teacher and a health care worker.

New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 17, 2021.

New Zealand recorded 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the current community outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant continues to grow, bringing infections associated with the outbreak to 72, with 6 in the capital Wellington, health officials

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand has long been associated with “The Lord of the Rings” but with the filming of a major new television series suddenly snatched away, the nation has become more like Mordor than the Shire for hundreds of workers.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 4, 2021.

People attend a protest for freedom at the Auckland Domain in Auckland, New Zealand, on Oct. 2, 2021.

Two of Australia's "big four" banks are facing a multi-million dollar claim in New Zealand for not refunding more than 150,000 customers the interest and fee charged following an alleged breach in disclosing changes to loan agreements.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a news conference in Hamilton, New Zealand on July 28, 2021.

New Zealand has a quarantine-free travel bubble arrangement with Australia but paused all travel with Victoria from May 25 due to the outbreak in Melbourne. There are some exemptions for New Zealand residents returning home.

“New Zealand is pleased that the report has been released,” a spokeswoman for New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta told The Australian.

New Zealand Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield told reporters that the man had not been vaccinated.

The new hub expands on the company's investment plans in New Zealand since setting up the first local AWS entity in Auckland in 2014. Reporting by Mrinmay Dey

The New Zealand government has consulted with Air New Zealand to slow ticket sales for returning citizens as quarantine hotels reach maximum capacity in the country.

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi said the legislation brings New Zealand in line with laws in countries like Australia, Britain, and Canada.

"We've made it very clear with New Zealand that there won't be a backdoor way for these people to be able to go to New Zealand and then return to Australia."

Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin's hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil's surface.

O’Connor told local media, “New Zealand is participating in this dispute as a third party because it raises systemic issues of importance to the effective functioning of the multilateral rules-based trading system.”