A moderately strong earthquake struck central New Zealand on Sunday, Nov. 12. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake registered 4.5 on the Richter scale, hitting at a depth of 40.1 kilometers (24 miles).

New Zealand and Australia have traditionally been the two major players in the South Pacific, but the report said New Zealand was now losing influence amongst the small island nations to China.

"Grace started this travel journey in Peru in South America and was really looking forward to the second leg in New Zealand."

This is not the first time police in New Zealand have had to rescue a cat off the freeway. According to the New Zealand Herald, a tabby kitten was found on Auckland's Southern Motorway last year, causing multiple lanes to be temporarily shut.

Vodafone New Zealand Ltd. declined to comment about the matter. Roadblocks Huawei’s 5G ambitions have encountered roadblocks in other countries.

An Apple spokesman confirmed the acquisition, which was earlier reported in New Zealand media. Both companies declined to provide details of the purchase.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a walkabout at the Mystery Creek Fieldays on June 14, 2018 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

After studying English literature at the University of Canterbury, Neill trained as an actor before joining the New Zealand Players Drama Quartet and later working with the New Zealand National Film Unit.

Neill emerged during a formative period for New Zealand cinema in the 1970s.

He’s worked extensively in his native Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Britain, and, most recently, the United States, and his resume is studded with prestigious news organizations: BBC World Service, Australian Broadcast Corporation, the Daily

Australian Federal Court ordered Air New Zealand Ltd to pay a penalty after the court found that the carrier fixed fuel prices and insurance and security charges for years, Australia's competition watchdog said on Wednesday.

New Zealand is the second largest donor to the region, after Australia, providing around NZ$1 billion ($724.70 million) in aid in the four years ending in mid-2018. Peters did not reveal any details of New Zealand future aid budget.

New Zealand took the lead with a try in the 5th minute when a cross field kick was fired to the right wing 35 yards out towards Portia Woodman.

Shen Yun Performing Arts ended its New Zealand tour with its last show in Aotea Centre's ASB Theatre on Feb. 18. Jessica Tyson, a Miss New Zealand finalist, said she was amazed by the performance.

WELLINGTON—New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned to work on Aug. 2 just six weeks after delivering her first child, having become the first premier in the nation's history to take maternity leave while in office.

Zealand on July 24.

New Zealand in a third cricket test starting on Saturday.

The older one, also from New Zealand, was 61 million years old. Kumimanu's partial skeleton lacks the skull.

The advisory was put out by Global Affairs Canada and the RCMP, as well as foreign affairs departments and police forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.

WELLINGTON—New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday, Jan. 19 that she was pregnant with her first child, as she declared "I'll be a prime minister and a mum."

New Zealand has long held a progressive reputation, having been the first country to give women the right to vote in 1893.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a walkabout at the Mystery Creek Fieldays on June 14, 2018 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

"That's why in the end we chose a coalition government of New Zealand First with the New Zealand Labour Party." New Zealand First holds the balance of power with nine seats, a Labour-Green bloc controls 54 seats, and the National Party 56 seats.

"While New Zealand First are having a discussion today they won't be dealing with completed agreements because there's still outstanding issues," English said.

After defeating Land Rover BAR in the Challenger semi-final, with a day to spare, Team New Zealand followed up the performance winning the Challenger final.

“The New Zealand intelligence community is telling the government they have got a problem and they need to deal with it publicly, to put some sunlight on it,” Brady told the New Zealand Herald.

“We urge New Zealand to correctly understand China and our relations with New Zealand, redress wrong deeds and actions, and do more that is beneficial to mutual trust and co-operation between China and New Zealand,” she told a regular briefing.

Two killer whales swam briskly past a couple of children in Enclosure Bay off New Zealand on Jan. 25. Video shows the killer whales swim up to the children, and then swim right past them.

Foreign ownership of land has generated a public backlash in New Zealand in recent years, and was a factor in the centre-left Labour Party winning a September national election to govern in a coalition with the nationalist NZ First Party.

"Throughout the disruption, our focus has been on keeping Australia and New Zealand moving," Halliday said. "As demand surged and supply tightened, our integrated supply chain came under enormous pressure but remained resilient."