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New Zealand health workers, teachers told 'no jab, no job'
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners backed mandatory vaccinations, with president Samantha Murton describing it as a 'bold, but necessary...
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New Zealand drops 'COVID zero' goal after Delta outbreak
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the highly transmissible Delta variant had proved a 'game-changer' that could not be eliminated.
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New Zealand lifts lockdown, barring virus-hit Auckland
About three million New Zealanders will no longer be under stay-at-home orders as of Tuesday overnight, and schools will reopen on Thursday for the first time in three weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
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New Zealand beat Bangladesh in third T20I
Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel claimed a career-best 4-16 as New Zealand bowled out Bangladesh for 76 in 19.3 overs after posting a modest 128-5 when they elected to bat first.
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Sri Lanka offers help with New Zealand knife attack probe
Police shot dead the 32-year-old Sri Lankan after he attacked seven people in an Auckland supermarket on Friday. The man had been living in New Zealand since 2011.
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IS-inspired attacker shot dead after New Zealand supermarket knife rampage
Six people were wounded, three critically, in the 60 seconds before surveillance officers opened fire.
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New Zealand to stay in lockdown, outbreak 'yet to peak'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the rapid spread of the highly transmissible variant meant it was too early to lift restrictions imposed last week after a virus cluster emerged in Auckland, ending a six-month run of no local cases.
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New Zealand queries virus approach as Delta outbreak grows
COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins reported a further 21 cases in a virus cluster that emerged in Auckland last week, ending a six-month run of no local cases and sparking a national lockdown.
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New Zealand extends Delta outbreak lockdown
New Zealand has won widespread praise for its coronavirus response, which focuses on eliminating the virus in the community rather than containing it, and has seen only 26 deaths in a population of five million. But its vaccine rollout has been less stellar, with only around 20 percent of the population fully inoculated.
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New Zealand says it has solved COVID-19 outbreak 'puzzle'
Health officials have been trying to determine how an Auckland man contracted the coronavirus this week, ending a six-month run of no community cases in New Zealand.
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Orc-ward! Amazon ends New Zealand's role as Middle Earth
Officials in Wellington had hoped multiple seasons of the show would give the local film industry a long-term boost similar to Kiwi director Peter Jackson's epic Tolkien movies.
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New Zealand border closure puts Rugby Championship in doubt
New Zealand has suspended its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks on Friday in response to the latter's escalating coronavirus outbreak.
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Climate change link as New Zealand records warmest June on record
Daily temperatures averaged 10.6 Celsius (51.1 Fahrenheit) -- 1.9C above average despite a cold snap late in the month, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said.
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New Zealand to apologise for 'racist' historic police raids
New Zealand Primer Minister Jacinda Ardern said the notorious 'dawn raids' were carried out by police and immigration officials seeking to identify and deport visa overstayers.
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New Zealand's Ardern pans mosque attacks film amid backlash
The US-backed film "They Are Us" has sparked an intense backlash among New Zealand Muslims, with community leaders slamming the project for pushing a "white saviour" narrative.
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Raids worldwide as police reveal vast hack of criminal encrypted phones
Dubbed "Operation Trojan Shield", forces in 16 countries monitored as members of the mafia, Asian crime syndicates and outlaw motorcycle gangs discussed drug deals, money laundering and even gangland hits.
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Emergency declared as New Zealand floods threaten thousands of homes
Acting Emergency Management Minister Kris Faafoi, who visited the hardest-hit southern parts of the area, said about 3,000 homes were at risk and the army had been mobilised to assist with evacuations if necessary.
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Four stabbed in 'random' New Zealand knife attack
Police said the attack - highly unusual in the normally peaceful South Pacific nation - occurred at a Countdown supermarket in central Dunedin at 2:30pm (0230 GMT) and a man had been taken into custody.
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In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact
Commerce Minister David Clark said the law would make climate reporting mandatory for banks, insurance companies and investment firms.
