New Zealand has announced the end of QR codes, mask rules, COVID-19 vaccine passports, and mandates in most industries. From April 4, vaccination passport rules will be removed and vaccination mandates will be lifted in all industries except health and disability, aged care, corrections, and border forces. The changes that take effect from March 26…
New Zealand Scraps COVID-19 Restrictions Including Vax Passports, Mandates, QR Codes
New Zealand Students to Learn Country’s History in New Curriculum
All New Zealand students will learn about their country’s own history from 2023 after years of advocacy from history teachers. Schools will now be required to teach students about the Treaty of Waitangi, how immigration has shaped the national identity, and about colonialism in the Pacific and the role New Zealand played in it. In addition,…
Nice Try but No Potato for New Zealand Couple’s Giant Find
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—When is a potato not a potato? When it’s a tuber of a gourd, according to Guinness World Records. A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world’s largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton have had their dreams turned to mash after Guinness wrote to…
New Zealand Reopens for Tourism Earlier Than Expected
March 15, 2022
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced today the country will reopen its border to tourists earlier than planned, hoping an influx of tourists during the winter holidays would accelerate the recovery from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. “Reopening in time for the upcoming Australian school holidays will help spur our economic recovery…
New Zealand Appoints Official From Its Embassy in Beijing as Ambassador to ASEAN
The New Zealand government has announced that it has appointed Stuart Calman, the deputy head of its mission at its embassy in Beijing, as the country’s new ambassador to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) based in Jakarta, Indonesia. “Aotearoa New Zealand and ASEAN share a strong legacy of working together to promote peace…
NZ Intelligence Agency Thwarts Foreign Power Plot To Steal Sensitive Technology
March 15, 2022
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New Zealand’s (NZ) security service has thwarted a scheme by a foreign power to gain access to “sensitive” technology, which would likely be deployed for military use. Rebecca Kitteridge, director-general of the Security Intelligence Service (SIS)—NZ domestic spy agency—made the revelations during a public hearing hosted by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee on March…
New Zealand Cuts Fuel Tax and Halves Public Transport Fares Amid Petrol Hikes
March 14, 2022
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The New Zealand government has decided to cut fuel excise tax and halve all public transport fares for three months as fuel oil prices surge following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A reduction of NZ 25 cents (17 cents) a litre in fuel excise duties and road user charges came into effect from midnight Monday, while…
CDC Warns Against Travel to New Zealand as COVID-19 Cases Soar
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans against traveling to New Zealand, which has failed in its attempts to eradicate COVID-19. The CDC on March 7 added Hong Kong, Thailand, and New Zealand to the highest-risk category. Americans are told to “avoid travel” to such destinations. If people must travel…
Anti-Mandate Protestors Clash With Police in New Zealand
March 3, 2022
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New Zealand police have dispersed anti-mandate protesters who had set up an encampment outside the country’s parliament, towing away vehicles and making dozens of arrests. Following three weeks of confrontations between the protesters and police at parliament, hundreds of officers in riot gear stormed the encampment on Wednesday morning, tearing down tents, using pepper spray…
New Zealand Police Make Huge Meth Bust at Airport, Arrest 6
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand police said Wednesday they had seized more than half a ton of methamphetamine at the border and arrested six people in one of the nation’s biggest drug busts. Police said they intercepted the shipment of 613 kilograms (1,351 pounds) of meth at Auckland Airport on Thursday and began making arrests late…
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