On April 25, 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Their mission was to capture the Dardanelles, a strait in the northwest of the country, from the Ottomans, who were Germany’s allies. For over eight months, soldiers on both sides suffered greatly: 87,000 Ottoman Turks and 44,000…
A Neoclassical Gem for a Grieving Nation: Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand
New Zealand Quarantine Worker Tests Positive for CCP Virus
A New Zealand hotel quarantine worker has tested positive for the CCP virus just days after the country announced a two-way safe zone travel bubble with Australia. The 24-year-old security worker at Grand Millennium managed isolation facility in Auckland returned a positive swab test on Tuesday after complaining of a sore throat. New Zealand Director-General of…
Travel Bubble Between Australia and New Zealand ‘Safe to Commence’
Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand (NZ) will begin on April 19, but travellers will need to be prepared for disruptions in a CCP virus outbreak. NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the details of a trans-Tasman travel bubble with Australia on April 6, saying the country’s director-general of health considered the risk of…
Ardern Government to Cool New Zealand’s Overheating Real Estate Market
The New Zealand government is placing a bottleneck on the nation’s overheating housing market after the price of housing grew exponentially, making it one of the most unaffordable real estate markets in the world. The policy change by the Ardern government was announced on Tuesday and will involve a series of measures which include raising…
Little Damage From Huge Pacific Quake; Tsunami Threat Passes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history triggered tsunami warnings across the ocean and forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate coastal areas Friday. Small tsunami waves were seen, but little damage was apparent hours later. The magnitude 8.1 quake in the Kermadec Islands region…
Powerful Quake Hits Near New Zealand; Tsunami Warning Issued
March 4, 2021
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Officials in New Zealand issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas after a shallow, powerful earthquake struck off the northeastern coast on Thursday night. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency warned of a tsunami threat along the east of the country’s North Island…
New Zealand Lockdown Costs Millions Each Day to Auckland Businesses
WELLINGTON—The mayor of New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, said on Monday that its residents should be prioritised for vaccines, after it was thrown into its fourth lockdown over the weekend costing millions of dollars a day. The seven-day lockdown of the population of nearly 2 million was prompted by the case of a person who…
One-Way New Zealand to Australia Travel Bubble Returns
Australia’s one-way coronavirus travel bubble with New Zealand has resumed, the Department of Health says. From Sunday, people will be able to travel from New Zealand to Australia without having to quarantine for 14 days. But if they have been in Auckland in the two weeks before departing, they will need a negative coronavirus test….
Aussie PM Rejects NZ’s Criticism Over Counter Terrorism Law
February 18, 2021
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Diplomatic tensions between Australia and New Zealand have flared again after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern criticised Australia’s counter-terrorism measures following the detention of a dual Australian-New Zealand woman and her two children in Turkey. The woman is allegedly an Islamic State operative. In a media statement on Feb. 16, Ardern said that the…
Australia Shuts Border to NZ for 3 Days
Australia has shut its border to New Zealand (NZ) for 72 hours after the country recorded three new cases of the UK strain of the CCP virus, for a second time popping the travel bubble that had existed between the two nations. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly convened an urgent meeting with the CMO’s…
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