Tag: New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand’s South Island Reopen Travel

Quarantine-free travel between Australia and the South Island of New Zealand is ready to resume, Australia’s Chief Medical Official Professor Paul Kelly says. He said NSW and Victoria have agreed to allow trips to restart from midnight on Tuesday given there has not been a COVID-19 case in the South Island since last year. “There…


Pandora Papers Leak Reveals Vast Riches of a Religious Order Tainted by Sex Scandal

By Spencer Woodman From Miami Herald MIAMI—In January, Carlos Lomena, a truck driver in Plantation who lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic, begged a judge to stop his landlord from evicting him. The 37-year-old Lomena hoped to get a fair shake in court. He’d emigrated from Venezuela after high school with a sense that…


New Zealand Makes COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory for Doctors and Teachers

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Most of New Zealand’s health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the government announced Monday. A new mandate compels doctors, pharmacists, community nurses, and many other health care workers to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education workers must be fully vaccinated by…


New Zealand Imposes ‘No Jab, No Job’ Policy on Health Workers, Teachers

New Zealand authorities on Monday announced that teachers and people working in the country’s health departments will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to keep working in the sectors. The sweeping “no jab, no job” policy was confirmed by COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins as New Zealand on Oct. 10 reported 35…


Air New Zealand Reels From Auckland Curbs, Australia Bubble Loss

Air New Zealand Ltd. is operating less than one-third of its usual domestic capacity due to tough COVID-19 restrictions in Auckland and doubts whether a travel bubble with Australia will reopen, the airline’s chief executive said on Thursday. “We’re running almost 100 percent outside of Auckland,” Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran told Reuters in…


New Zealand Gives up ‘Zero COVID’ Approach

After implementing one of the most strict COVID-19 policies for over one and a half years, New Zealand decided to give up its “zero COVID-19” strategy and try to live with the CCP virus, also known as the novel coronavirus. On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a plan to ease lockdown restrictions in Auckland,…


New Zealand Admits It Can No Longer Get Rid of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand’s government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a cautious plan to ease lockdown restrictions in Auckland, despite an outbreak there that continues to simmer. Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued…


Thousands of New Zealanders Protest for Freedom After 6 Weeks in Lockdown

Thousands of people in New Zealand gathered in Auckland and multiple locations across the nation on Saturday in a show of solidarity against alleged government tyranny and in support of freedom. Auckland, with a population of about 1.7 million, continues to be under a government-prescribed lockdown that limits movement with the exception of certain “permitted…


Australia’s CBA, ANZ Sued in New Zealand for Missed Loan Interest Refunds

Two of Australia’s “big four” banks are facing a multi-million dollar claim in New Zealand for not refunding more than 150,000 customers the interest and fee charged following an alleged breach in disclosing changes to loan agreements. The class-action lawsuit said Kiwi units of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group…


Amazon’s Cloud Unit to Create Data Centers, 1,000 Jobs in New Zealand

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit said on Wednesday it will launch data centers in New Zealand in 2024 and create about 1,000 jobs in the country over 15 years. After releasing an economic impact study, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it plans to invest NZ$7.5 billion ($5.25 billion) in its new infrastructure hub—AWS Asia Pacific…