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New Zealand conducts inquiry into first ‘probable’ community COVID-19 case in months

Editorial Bureau January 24, 2021

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – New Zealand health officials said on Sunday they were monitoring what they said was probably the country’s first community coronavirus case. This incident has not happened in months, and this time, through a woman who recently returned from overseas. The

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Cook Islands one-way travel bubble to New Zealand to begin next week

Editorial Bureau January 15, 2021

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – From next week, people from the Cook Islands will be able to begin quarantine-free travel to New Zealand, the two governments said on Friday. However, New Zealand residents have to wait until later in the year to visit the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands is one of the few nations in […]

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New Zealand skipper Devine sets new record in women’s T20 cricket

Editorial Bureau January 14, 2021

NEW ZEALAND (WELLINGTON) – In just 36 balls in the domestic Super Smash competition, New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine smashed the fastest hundred in women’s Twenty20 cricket on Thursday. The 31-year-old hit nine sixes and nine fours in her innings out of 108 not out as her Wellington Blaze side trounced the Otago Sparks by […]

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Skipper Kane Williamson strikes double hundred

Editorial Bureau January 5, 2021

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – Skipper Kane Williamson hit his fourth test double-hundred while Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell added to the centuries to boost New Zealand, aiming for a 2-0 series sweep in the second and final test against Pakistan on Tuesday. Williamson scored 238 and collaborated in a marathon 369-run partnership, a New Zealand […]

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Watling celebrates ‘New Zealand great’ Williamson

Ren Leen December 27, 2020

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – Kane Williamson is all business when he takes the crease but playing alongside one of New Zealand’s all-time greats is still a lot of fun, said wicketkeeper BJ Watling after the hosts took control on day two of the first test against Pakistan on Sunday. Williamson completed his 23rd test century […]

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PM Ardern defends New Zealand climate change goals after Thunberg taunts emergency declaration

Editorial Bureau December 15, 2020

SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) – Responding to activist Greta Thunberg’s taunt on Twitter, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended the climate change policies of her nation and said the Swedish teenager’s suggestion that the country lacked ambition referred only to a part of Wellington’s goals on climate change. Thunberg tweeted on Dec. 13 that New

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New Zealand revisits volcano tragedy

Editorial Bureau December 9, 2020

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – New Zealand on Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the volcanic eruption on White Island that killed 22 people, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describing the tragic event as “devastating” for the country. The eruption on White Island, also known by its Maori name of Whakaari, left nearly all survivors struggling

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ICC says New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell penalised for using foul language during match

Editorial Bureau December 6, 2020

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday that New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell was slapped with a fine of 15% of his match fee for mouthing obscenities in the opening test against the West Indies a day earlier. The ICC said Mitchell breached Article 2.3 of its code when he […]

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New Zealand’s Ardern gears up for climate emergency

Editorial Bureau November 26, 2020

WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government is to declare a climate emergency. This has come in the wake of increasing pressure for action to tackle global warming. The government will put forward a motion to declare the emergency next Wednesday. Ardern said, according to state broadcaster TVNZ, “We’ve always

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World Cup hosts to be fixed by open vote

Editorial Bureau November 24, 2020

LONDON (UK) – The World Rugby Council on Tuesday approved recommendations by its World Cup Board for a more transparent process of selecting hosts for future men’s and women’s editions of the tournament, including an open electronic vote with results published. The sport’s global body said that after an interim meeting, it was decided that […]