New Zealand (NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make her second official visit to Australia in less than a month as she brings a trade mission of over 30 New Zealand businesses to Melbourne and Sydney this week as part of the NZ government’s reconnection strategy to support export growth and the return of tourists post-COVID-19…
New Zealanders Struggling With Inflation as 1-in-10 Live Beyond Their Means
Many New Zealanders are struggling to make ends meet, with one-in-ten living beyond their means and one-quarter of buy now, pay later (BNPL) users putting their purchases on a credit card, according to Consumer NZ. Gemma Rasmussen, a spokesperson for Consumer NZ, also said 40 percent of people are reporting no savings or were “deeply…
NASA Satellite Breaks From Orbit Around Earth, Heads to Moon
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again. It’s been an unusual journey already for the Capstone satellite. It was launched six days…
Beijing Responds to New Zealand PM Call to Protect International Rules-Based Order
July 1, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has rejected New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s speech at the Madrid NATO summit where she said to stand firm on the rules-based order as the Chinese regime was becoming more assertive and willing to challenge international rules. The spokesman of the Chinese embassy in New Zealand called the comments “misguided”…
New Zealand PM Pushes for Nuclear Disarmament and Calls out China Human Rights Abuses at NATO Event
June 29, 2022
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for nuclear disarmament and criticised China for its human rights abuses in her speech at the NATO summit in Madrid. “This crossroads that the world finds itself at should be the basis for us to put a halt in the production of weapons that create our mutually…
Almost 30 Percent of Adult New Zealanders Were Victims of Crime in 2021
Twenty-nine percent of New Zealand adults fell victim to a crime over the 12 months to November 2021, according to a new report by the Ministry of Justice. The fourth annual publication of the New Zealand Crime and Victims survey reveals that the three most common offences were burglary, fraud, and deception, making up more…
NASA Hopes New Zealand Launch Will Pave Way for Moon Landing
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface. So it is sending up a test satellite from New Zealand. The initial stages of the launch went according to plan late Tuesday, with…
Former New Zealand COVID-19 Response Minister Regrets Not Ending Lockdowns Earlier
New Zealand’s former COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins expressed regret over the length of lockdowns in Auckland that started in August 2021 and lasted for over three months. Speaking to TVNZ Q + A, Hipkins said if the government had known the information that it knows now, one of the things that it would have…
12 People Hospitalized in New Zealand After Consuming Powdered Fentanyl
Twelve people have been hospitalized, with some in serious condition, as New Zealand police investigate the discovery of powdered fentanyl that was sold as cocaine or methamphetamine. The people were hospitalized over the past 48 hours in Wairarapa, a region lying in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, with six of the twelve found…
Four Injured in New Zealand After Mass Stabbing Attack
A New Zealand man has injured four people in a random “fast-paced” mass stabbing attack with a large kitchen knife before police arrived and apprehended him. The victims and the offender, who was also wounded, have been confirmed as sustaining “moderate” injuries. The man began stabbing people in Murrays Bay, Auckland, at around 11 a.m….
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