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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.

February 28, 2020

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern takes Australian prime minister to task over deportations

New Zealand’s prime minister lashed out at her Australian counterpart on Friday, accusing him of “testing” the friendship between the two nations and accusing his country of deporting “your people and your problems.”

February 26, 2020

New Zealand kayaker found miles from his boat, treading water in choppy conditions for over an hour

Authorities in New Zealand are hailing the preparedness of a "very experienced" kayaker that helped save his life over the weekend when he was found treading water several miles from his kayak amid rough seas. 

February 23, 2020

New Zealand surfer fights off great white shark by punching it repeatedly, cursing it off

A 60-year-old man in New Zealand fought back against a great white shark on Saturday after he was attacked Saturday at Pauanui Beach, located in the Coromandel region.

February 19, 2020

Former rugby player, wife, children die in apparent murder-suicide: reports

A former New Zealand rugby player, his wife and three children were reportedly killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Australia on Wednesday.

February 17, 2020

Elton John tearfully escorted off stage after losing his voice mid-concert

Elton John got emotional when he had to cut a concert in New Zealand short and be escorted off stage after he lost his voice in the middle of a show.