New Zealand was slammed by a huge earthquake in Christchurch in 2011, leaving 185 people dead and more than 2,000 people injured.

Don Hammond, head of the New Zealand Game Animal Council, said that he's never heard of a case of someone being poisoned from game meat. "Thousands of people every day in New Zealand eat wild pork that's been caught in the bush.

Meanwhile, it doesn't appear that there were any other babies born in New Zealand before Rex. Ena and Chien Lu, both 32, are Rex's parents.

Team New Zealand moved into a 6-1 lead after Sunday's race and only needed one more win to complete the task. Team New Zealand had been supreme throughout the Qualifiers and the Challenger playoffs, semi-finals and final.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealanders will likely need to wait several more days to find out who will form the new government in the South Pacific island nation, the small nationalist party holding the balance of power said on Thursday.

Grenz noted his family will honour him with a private family memorial at his farm in New Zealand at a later date.

Friend and New Zealander actress Rima Te Wiata, who starred alongside Neill in the 2016 comedy "Hunt for the Wilderpeople," revealed the diagnosis in an interview with The New Zealand Herald, but did not provide further details.

That seems to be the advice that a few rabbits followed amidst widespread floods in Otago and Canterbury regions in New Zealand. The furry creatures can be seen perched atop wooly sheep as they walk through flood waters.

Australia disbursed US$1.5 billion of aid in the Pacific, more than three times that of the next-biggest contributing nation New Zealand and accounting for 37 percent of all development finance.

Mark said New Zealand could consider more purchases of maritime surveillance technology as part of a review due by year-end.

The New Zealand Herald, meanwhile, reported that about 7,000 people are believed to have felt the temblor.

(Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)Washington introduced a 12.5 percent rate on imports from New Zealand, excluding beef and kiwifruit.

Team New Zealand won all 4 races on the first two days of the main competition giving them 4 points, whereas the only point in the bag for Oracle is the one they were awarded for winning the Challenger Qualifiers, leaving Team New Zealand 3-points in

Investigators from the United States inspected production facilities in Thailand, India, New Zealand, the UK, and Mexico, aiming to verify that American businesses are importing from legitimate sources.

New Zealand Labour leader Jacinda Ardern smiles as she speaks to the press after leader of New Zealand First party Winston Peters announced his support for her party in Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 19, 2017.

The Australian and New Zealand National Council for fire and emergency services said 41 firefighters from those two countries had been deployed to B.C., while a fresh wave of 200 personnel from Mexico arrived Thursday.

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English took to social media to address the nation on Saturday. "My thoughts are with those affected by the weather events in the South Island.

The ban would not apply to Australians, Ardern said, given New Zealanders are exempt from home ownership restrictions in neighbouring Australia, where many New Zealanders live.

As part of the settlement, New Zealand's government is setting aside $21 million ($30 million New Zealand dollars) to help further cleanup efforts.

“A local source tsunami generated from an earthquake close to New Zealand can arrive at New Zealand coastal areas within minutes,” says the official advice.

Humble Beginnings Born on Feb. 9, 1944, in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Hinch began his journalism career as a teenage cadet reporter for the Taranaki Herald before relocating to Australia in 1963.

There has been some speculation about the identity of a mysterious object that appears to have washed ashore in New Zealand.

A Facebook post by the New South Wales rural fire service said several dozen crew members from Australia and New Zealand had also departed for Canada for a five-week deployment.

Government officials from all over New Zealand have sent greetings welcoming Shen Yun to New Zealand.

Laughter, as they say, is contagious. While that adage presumably pertains to people, a team of scientists led by Raoul Schwing of Austria’s Messerli Research Institute learned that it is true for some birds as well.

The New Zealand Herald at the weekend identified the man as an embassy attache and said he had left country with a broken nose and black eye.

The highlight from the draw is New Zealand being placed in the same group as last year's tournament winners, Fiji.

Here’s what I’ve learned from attending everything from rugby matches in New Zealand and Fiji to soccer games from Spain to Brazil and baseball in Japan and Korea.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand —A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island early Monday, killing at least two people, causing damage to buildings and infrastructure, and prompting emergency services to warn people along the coast to move to higher

A helicopter dumps water on a wild fire in the Port Hills near Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017.