New Zealand—which had gone more than two months without infection before the January case—is to start inoculating its 5 million people against the new coronavirus on Feb. 20, after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier than anticipated.

"Here in New Zealand, other parties, who had the power of veto, would not allow this debate to proceed if the motion mentioned genocide." New Zealand China expert Prof. Anne Marie Brady also commented on the watering down of the quote.

New Zealand has seen just over 2,000 cases of the coronavirus and 26 deaths since the start of the pandemic. By Praveen Menon

Salvatore Babones from the University of Sydney told The Epoch Times that China would like to see a more isolated New Zealand. "China would dearly love to split New Zealand from the Five Eyes alliance," Babones said. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told Nine News on Friday morning the decision was because New Zealand has gone 28 days without a case of community transmission.

Zealand to identify and disrupt criminal scam networks.

But we also want to avoid a situation where we are having to respond to a case here in New Zealand," he said.

Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins speaks to the media during a post-cabinet press conference at Parliament on June 28, 2021, in Wellington, New Zealand.

A tsunami warning was issued after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit near the coast of New Zealand on Thursday. The U.S.

He is also a former radio presenter who is known for his music in New Zealand.

Chris McBride, executive director of Spinal Cord Injury BC, said a staff member purchased two tickets on behalf of the organization through regular channels for the June 21 game between New Zealand and Egypt at Vancouver's BC Place, with a face value

New Zealand's South Island on Monday recorded its most powerful earthquake for 2020 at 5.6 magnitude, according to New Zealand's GeoNet service.

Although she no longer needs support from other parties to govern, coalitions are the norm in New Zealand as parties look to build consensus.

"Three New Zealand nationals trying to enter our country illegally from Syria were caught by our border guards," it said in a tweet.

Australia has shut its border to New Zealand (NZ) for 72 hours after the country recorded three new cases of the UK strain of the CCP virus, for a second time popping the travel bubble that had existed between the two nations.

He had arrived in New Zealand 10 years ago on a student visa seeking refugee status, which was granted in 2013.

A client has her hair styled at Duke Hair Salon in Auckland, New Zealand, on the first day salons were permitted to reopen in the country, on May 14, 2020.

In a significant setback for New Zealand, health officials reported on Sunday three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in a family of three—the isolated country’s first since late January.

New Zealand academic Anne-Marie Brady said there was nothing to justify the "complaints," "gagging order," and suppression of academic freedom that she had faced for months after she coauthored a report documenting the Chinese regime’s influence operations

The New Zealand arrival date for civilians and deployed NZDF personnel have not been confirmed.

“I also understand New Zealand, with around a third of all our exports going to China, that China has an incredible sway over New Zealand because of that financial dependency.

New Zealand dairy co-op Fonterra is selling its two farming hubs and a majority stake in another farm in China to local interests for NZ$555 million to pay down its debts.

While most countries regularly arm their police, others, including England, New Zealand, Norway, and Scotland, continue to debate the issue.

Travel advice has been updated to alert New Zealanders to the risks presented by the new security law, he added.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck in the ocean off the coast of New Zealand on Friday, prompting some evacuations and tsunami warnings across the South Pacific.

Ahead of Morrison's visit, New Zealand Trade Minister Damien O'Connor said his government was backing Canberra in the spat.

Right to Life New Zealand, a pro-life group based in Christchurch, condemned the euthanasia bill.

On Sunday, there were no new cases of the CCP virus, a type of novel coronavirus that emerged in China last year, while a total of 19 people have died in New Zealand.

Then it was Auckland, New Zealand, that marked the end of 2019. In Australia, Sydney was given permission to carry out its fireworks display despite a total fire ban that was prompted by large deadly wildfires across the country.

There were no immediate reports of damage near the epicentre in New Caledonia, John Ristau, a seismologist from New Zealand-based GNS Science, told NewsHub's The AM Show.