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Workers remove a controversial statue of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from Civic Square in Hamilton on June 12, 2020, following a formal request by the Waikato-Tainui iwi (tribal confederation) and threats it would be torn down during a Black Lives Matter march due to take place the following day. (AFP)

Now New Zealand also removes statue of controversial colonist

Statues and place names honouring slavers and colonial military figures are being reassessed worldwide in response to...

12 Jun 2020 8:42 AM IST

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. (via Facebook)

I did a little dance: Jacinda Ardern on New Zealandâ€™s zero virus...

New Zealand citizens no longer bound by social distancing rules and limits on public gatherings

8 Jun 2020 4:18 PM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (via Facebook)

New Zealand clears its last COVID-19 case

Country-'s final patient was given the all-clear and released from isolation after testing negative and remaining...

8 Jun 2020 8:50 AM IST

Protesters hold an Aboriginal flag in Canberra, Australia. (AP)

Australians defy bans to join Black Lives Matter protests

Protesters were also using their demonstration to call for an end of mistreatment of indigenous Australians by police

6 Jun 2020 1:24 PM IST

People wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus as they walk across an intersection in Beijing. (AP)

China urges citizens to shun Australia citing racial discrimination

Australian has been among countries pushing for an international investigation into the origins of coronavirus pandemic...

6 Jun 2020 12:45 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)

Australia to restart flights to New Zealand

New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating the virus after it notched a 13th straight day with no reported new...

4 Jun 2020 10:12 AM IST

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. (via Facebook)

New Zealand could return to normal life as early as next week

PM Ardern say waiting until Monday would allow to see if removal of restrictions had led to a rise in coronavirus cases

3 Jun 2020 11:38 AM IST

Some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrate against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland. (AFP)

US anti-racism protests stretch to distant New Zealand

The rallies were peaceful in contrast to the days of violent protests in the US

1 Jun 2020 12:19 PM IST

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. (Screengrab of video shared by PMs official handle)

New Zealand keeps the borders closed as virus has grim global hold

The country is almost off the coronavirus grid, with only one Covid-19 patient in hospital, and no new positive cases...

29 May 2020 2:33 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

New Zealand and Australia to establish safe travel between the two...

Both have slowed the spread of the novel coronavirus to levels well below those in United States, Britain and some other...

27 May 2020 1:57 PM IST

Debris falls from a row of damaged shops in Perth, Australia, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP)

Thousands without power in Western Australia after once in a decade...

Emergency services began cleaning up in Perth on Monday as wild weather downed trees and left around 50,000 citizens...

25 May 2020 11:26 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looks up when an earthquake struck during a live television interview in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday morning, May 25, 2020. (AP)

Jacinda Ardern 'stays cool' as earthquake hits amid live telecast

A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand's North Island early Monday

25 May 2020 8:30 AM IST