“Therefore, if the U.K. adopts a point-based system, it will set the foundation for implementing facilitated migration with Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, similar to the Trans-Tasman Travel Agreement existing between Australia and New Zealand.”

Jessica Housby, with friends, at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Center, Auckland, New Zealand, on Feb. 29, 2020.

WELLINGTON—Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that New Zealand has placed itself on the "right side of history" on climate change after lawmakers adopted a measure to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 on Thursday.

Those still missing, presumed dead, are Winona Langford, a 17-year-old Australian, and Hayden Marshall-Inman, a 40-year-old New Zealand tour guide. Their bodies are believed to have been washed out to sea.

CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was charged with murder on March 16, after 50 people were killed and dozens wounded in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques.

Armed police patrol outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, 2019.

A spokeswoman for Facebook New Zealand, Mia Garlick, said that such videos were quickly taken down.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists flipped in rainy weather near a New Zealand tourist town on the morning of Sept. 4, killing five Chinese nationals and seriously injuring two others, police said.

(Lorraine Ferrier/The Epoch Times) Dorothy Butler’s series of books “A Tale of Old New Zealand” features true New Zealand stories, a subject close to Lyn Kriegler’s heart.

New Zealand has had eight cases of the coronavirus and no deaths.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque was sentenced on June 18 to 21 months in prison.

The tax would be collected with visa applications and through a new electronic travel authority that people eligible for visas on arrival would have to apply to and pay the fee.

Firearms are displayed at Gun City gunshop in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 19, 2019.

The Mustafas had moved to New Zealand in 2018, after spending six years as refugees in Jordan.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the New Zealand shooting is “a terrible crime conducted by a psychopath.”

President Donald Trump called the shooting a "horrible massacre" and said the United States "stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!"

The third cricket test was canceled, New Zealand Cricket said later. Violent crime is rare in New Zealand and police do not usually carry guns.

New Zealand PM: “Many of those who will have been directly affected by the shooting may be migrants to New Zealand. They may even be refugees here … They are us.

Those missing and injured include New Zealanders and tourists from the United States, Australia, China, Great Britain, and Malaysia, Ardern said.

He recommended the findings be made available to members of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and Epilepsy New Zealand. Patients should also be advised as to the risks of death associated with caffeine use, Robinson added.

Buying real estate in Australia and New Zealand does not grant Hong Kong investors residency.

“New Zealand is a country that’s used to out migration—25 percent of New Zealand citizens live outside of New Zealand,” he explained.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A New Zealand judge ruled on June 5 that media outlets can now show the face of the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques.

Foreign interference in New Zealand elections was also possible as growing global attempts to interfere in national politics increased in sophistication, said Rebecca Kitteridge, service director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.

SYDNEY—The Australian government has ordered internet service providers to block access to eight websites still showing footage of deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand earlier this year.

The other, New Zealand, does not have the legislative handbrake of an upper house, which can lengthen and complicate lawmaking.

The final choices under consideration were the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350, Air New Zealand Chief Financial Officer Jeff McDowall said in a video interview with the New Zealand Herald published on May 18.

(AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Facebook Removes 1.5 Million Videos of New Zealand Mass Shooting Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand shootings during the first 24 hours after the massacre.

New Zealand had in the past tried to tighten firearm laws. However, these efforts were quashed due to the country's culture of hunting wildlife and a strong gun lobby group.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the national security threat level has been lifted from low to high after deadly shootings at two mosques.