April 27, 2020 Travel 'bubble' idea may be first step in reopening tourism between Australia, New Zealand Are travel "bubbles" the next phase in reopening tourism?
April 27, 2020 New Zealand claims coronavirus battle ‘won’ as new cases fall to single digits, lockdown eases New Zealand claimed Monday to have effectively eliminated the coronavirus as the number of new cases remained in the single digits over the past several days.
April 21, 2020 New Zealand inches closer to goal of wiping out coronavirus New Zealand is inching closer toward its goal of doing something its prime minister says “no other country has achieved” -- completely eliminating the coronavirus.
April 9, 2020 New Zealand is winning the war on coronavirus: here’s why The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. keeps getting worse. China is just starting to reopen its society. South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are managing their outbreaks with the help of massive contact tracing detective work. But New Zealand, which saw its first confirmed case on Feb. 28, is on track to stop its outbreak before it ever had a chance to begin. That's likely thanks to early and decisive nationwide action by its government.
April 7, 2020 New Zealand health minister breaches coronavirus lockdown with family beach trip, calls himself 'idiot' A top official in New Zealand government has been demoted and called himself an "idiot" after he breached nationwide coronavirus lockdown rules.
April 6, 2020 New Zealand PM reassures kids that Easter Bunny is ‘an essential service’ amid coronavirus outbreak New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reassured children Monday that just like police officers and nurses, the Easter Bunny is an essential worker during the coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020 New Zealand mosque shooter changes plea to guilty, more than a year after massacre The 29-year-old Australian man who gunned down two Christchurch mosques in 2019 killing 51 Muslim worshippers, changed his plea to guilty in an impromptu court hearing he called for on Wednesday.
March 23, 2020 New Zealand to impose month-long coronavirus lockdown as residents told to 'go home' New Zealand’s prime minister is warning Kiwis to “go home” as the country is preparing to fight the coronavirus outbreak by rolling out the “most significant restrictions on New Zealanders’ movements in modern history.”
March 15, 2020 New Zealand marks anniversary of Christchurch mosque massacre People in the New Zealand city of Christchurch honored the 51 worshipers who were killed in a mass shooting a year ago in small but poignant ways Sunday, after a planned national memorial event was canceled due to fears it might spread the new coronavirus.
March 14, 2020 New Zealand announces ‘world’s toughest border restrictions’ to fight coronavirus New Zealand will now require anyone arriving in the Pacific country – including Kiwis themselves – to isolate themselves for 14 days in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
