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New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free
PM Jacinda Ardern says she "did a little dance" as it was confirmed NZ had no active virus cases.
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New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’ and life can resume without restrictions from midnight Monday
While the whole world is following the social distancing norms New Zealand is set to lift all the restrictions resume public & private events, retail, hospitality industries, and public transport. “While the job is not done, there is no denying this is a milestone … Thank you, New Zealand,” Ardern said to reporters. “We are confident we have eliminated the transmission of the virus in New Zealand for now, but elimination is not a point in time, it is a sustained effort.”
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Walkers found after 19 days in NZ wilderness
Two missing walkers have been found in the New Zealand wilderness, 19 days after they set off. Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, began walking in the Kahurangi National Park on 9 May, and expected to be gone for six or seven days. But after getting lost in fog they were both injured in a fall. They found water and were rescued when a search helicopter noticed smoke from their camp fire.
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‘Avatar’ Sequels Set to Resume Production in New Zealand
The “Avatar” crew may be heading back to Pandora soon. Producer Jon Landau posted a photo on Instagram on Thursday saying that he and the “Avatar” cast and crew are returnin…
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After Days Of No New Coronavirus Cases, New Zealand Reopens Most Businesses
The country is reopening thousands of shops after three days of no new coronavirus cases. New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has they have won the "battle" against the disease.
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Every Second Matters: The True Story of the White Island Eruption
Last December, around 100 tourists set out for New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island, where an active volcano has attracted hundreds of thousands of vacationers since the early 1990s. It was supposed to be a routine six-hour tour, including the highlight: a quick hike into the island's otherworldly caldera. Then the volcano exploded. What happened next reveals troubling questions about the risks we're willing to take when lives hang in the balance.
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Coronavirus 'currently eliminated' in New Zealand
After single-figure new cases for more than a week, NZ says it has ended local transmissions for now.
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Coronavirus 'currently eliminated' in New Zealand
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that coronavirus has been “currently” eliminated in the country. There were just five new Covid-19 cases reported on Monday with no widespread community transition. Ardern said the country has so far managed to avoid the worst scenarios for an outbreak and would continue to hunt down the last few cases.
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Hundreds of thousands of mussels cooked to death on New Zealand beach in heatwave
Hundreds of thousands of mussels have been cooked to death on a beach in New Zealand’s North Island, with experts saying more will die as the effects of the climate crisis accelerate. The mass die-off in Northland was sparked by “an exceptional period of warm weather” combined with low tides in the middle of the day, which had exposed the shellfish, said Dr Andrew Jeffs, a marine scientist from the University of Auckland.
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Australian Internet Providers Ordered to Block Eight Sites Found Hosting Christchurch Footage
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner ordered the country’s internet service providers to block eight sites for purportedly hosting footage of the Christchurch massacre, the Guardian reported Sunday, protocol officials recently outlined at this year’s G7 leader’s forum.
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Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand
New species said to have been four times heavier than emperor penguin
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New Zealand telco bans 8chan as chief censor calls it racist killers' 'platform of choice'
One of New Zealand’s largest telecommunications providers, Spark, has banned the far-right site 8chan after the country’s chief censor offered his backing for any internet service provider who did so in the wake of the El Paso mass shooting. Censor David Shanks applauded Spark’s “brave and meaningful” decision, describing the message board as “the white supremacist killer’s platform of choice”.
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New survey reveals which religions New Zealanders trust most – and least – after Christchurch shootings
A survey of New Zealanders' attitudes towards religious groups, taken after the Christchurch mosque shootings, shows they trust Buddhists most and Evangelicals least.
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England win their first men's Cricket World Cup in dramatic finale against New Zealand
England win the men's World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a Super Over in one of the most incredible games in cricket history.
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Man who shared New Zealand mosque shooting video gets 21-month sentence
A man who shared a video of the deadly New Zealand mosque shooting received a 21-month prison sentence on Tuesday. Philip Arps pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video of the March 15 attacks, which were livestreamed by the shooter as he killed 51 people.
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Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it
An Australian company's plan to mine a fossil-rich site in New Zealand to produce pig food has been described as unjustifiable vandalism. A campaign is under way to protect the site in perpetuity.
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Forget GDP — New Zealand is prioritizing gross national well-being
The country’s new "well-being budget" emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain.
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New Zealand wants to make people happy, not rich - will it work?
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern has unveiled what is being called the world's first budget to prioritise wellbeing over economic activity
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A Voice For Nature
The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person. A nearby forest is too. Soon, the government will grant a mountain legal personhood as well. Here's how it happened, and what it may mean.
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Māori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity
Usually, a minor language will adopt words from a dominant language, but NZ English bucks this trend. It has been borrowing a growing number of Māori words, not always to add meaning but to mark identity.
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