New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is Islands Businesses’ 2019 Pacific Person of the Year. Just over two years since she took office, events in New Zealand and in her own personal life have catapulted her on to the global stage. One among a new wave of young leaders who were swept to power (Canada’s […]
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Shocking photos and videos from NZ show iconic glaciers turning brown from Aussie bushfires
Brown slush now tops New Zealand’s usually pristine glaciers after “extensive” bushfire smoke travelled across the Tasman Sea. Icy white glaciers on New Zealand’s South Island have turned a concerning shade of caramel as a result of the bushfires burning in New South Wales and Victoria. Shocking photographs and videos shared on social media over […]
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Question marks linger over NZ gun buyback scheme
WELLINGTON, 24 DECEMBER 2019 – New Zealand authorities say the country will be a safer place after gun owners handed in more than 50,000 firearms during a buyback programme following a ban on assault weapons, but critics of the scheme say the amount collected has been woefully low. Wellington banned the most lethal types of […]
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Measles outbreak: Passengers on Samoa, Auckland and Wellington flights exposed to measles
AUCKLAND, 13 DECEMBER 2019 – Passengers on board a flight from Apia to Auckland and Auckland to Wellington have been exposed to measles, after travelling with someone who did not know they were infected with the illness. The infected passenger took Air New Zealand flight NZ959 from Apia to Auckland, which departed Samoa at 22.17pm […]
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New Zealand planning retrieval of bodies on volcanic island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand — New Zealand officials said they’ll begin Friday to recover eight victims’ bodies believed to remain on a small island since a volcanic explosion there earlier this week. Continuing volcanic activity has delayed the retrieval of the eight bodies from ash-covered White Island, where an eruption occurred Monday as 47 tourists were […]
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5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving many more missing. Police said the site was still too dangerous hours later for rescuers to search for the missing. Police […]