WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The emergence of the omicron variant has not changed New Zealand’s plans to ease restrictions in Auckland and move the nation into a new, more open phase of its pandemic response, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. Bars, restaurants, and gyms in Auckland can reopen from late Thursday, ending a COVID-19 lockdown that…
New Zealand Opposition Leader Rolled After Move to Demote MP Backfires
New Zealand’s (NZ) National Party has voted to oust current opposition leader Judith Collins following a three-hour emergency meeting on Nov. 25. Her deputy Shane Reti will be the interim leader until an internal party vote on Nov. 30. National Party MPs and members of the shadow cabinet called a crisis caucus after Collins moved…
How a Soviet Scam in the 1980s Left New Zealand Vulnerable to Communist China Today
In the 1980s, the Soviet Union tricked New Zealand into abandoning its military alliance with the United States and Australia. Now with the Chinese Communist Party preparing to invade its Pacific neighbors, New Zealand is wide open to Chinese communist domination. Trevor Loudon explains why New Zealand must rebuild its Western ties or face a…
New Zealand Announces 3-phase Plan to Reopen Border to Vaccinated Nationals
New Zealand will reopen its borders to international travelers vaccinated against the CCP virus in the opening months of 2022, the government announced on Wednesday. Under the new plan, the border will open in three phases, Chris Hipkins, the country’s COVID-19 response minister, said during a press briefing on Wednesday. First, only vaccinated New Zealanders and…
Dollar Steadies Near 16-Month High; New Zealand Dollar Weakens
November 23, 2021
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LONDON—The dollar index held near 16-month highs on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was picked for a second term, reinforcing market expectations that U.S. interest rates will rise in 2022. Currency markets have been mostly driven in recent months by market perceptions of the different paces at which global central banks reduce pandemic-era…
New Zealand Central Bank on a Hiking Spree as Economic Climate Gets Hotter: Poll
BENGALURU—New Zealand’s central bank will raise rates for the second meeting in a row on Wednesday and continue with its tightening spree next year as it tries to put a lid on rising inflation and cool an overheated housing market, a Reuters poll found. Large amounts of fiscal and monetary stimulus injected to alleviate pandemic…
New Zealand Lifts Restrictions for Vaccinated, but Clamps Down on Unvaccinated
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a new COVID-19 traffic light system that will subject the unvaccinated to more restrictions, and at the same time lift tough lockdown rules for the vaccinated, effective from Dec. 3. The new rules will ease lockdown restrictions for Auckland, the most populated city in New Zealand, which has…
‘Continued Border Uncertainty’: 20,000 Travellers Impacted by Axing of Trans-Tasman Flights
November 22, 2021
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Air New Zealand estimates 20,000 customers will be affected after New Zealand’s (NZ) flag carrier axed 1,000 flights to Australia saying uncertainty around international border policy forced its hand. Leanne Geraghty, Air New Zealand’s chief customer and sales officer, said that “due to recent statements by the NZ government that quarantine-free travel between Australia and…
New Zealand to Open Auckland Domestic Border in Mid-December
New Zealand will open the domestic border around Auckland in mid-December and let separated Kiwis back home for a Christmas reunion. Fully vaccinated people and those with a negative COVID-19 test result can enter Auckland from Dec. 15, by which time 90 percent of the country’s eligible population can be vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…
Thousands March in NZ’s Capital Against Vaccine Mandates, Lockdowns
November 9, 2021
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Thousands of New Zealanders have mobilised in a peaceful demonstration in the capital city Wellington, to voice their opposition to government-mandated health restrictions and vaccine mandates. Authorities have responded with extra security around the Beehive, New Zealand’s (NZ) Parliament, on Nov. 9. Protestors of the Freedom and Rights Coalition gathered against a range of COVID-19-related…
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