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A COVID-19 QR code attached to a barrier for patrons to scan as people enter a stadium ahead of the Super Rugby Aotearoa rugby game between the Highlanders and Chiefs in Dunedin, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand military to oversee border control after expats test...

A 24-day run with no cases was broken on Tuesday when it emerged two women who recently arrived from Britain tested...

17 Jun 2020 9:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had warned that new cases may come up in the future as New Zealanders return home. (AFP Photo)

New Zealand confirms two new cases ending coronavirus free run

The two new cases were women aged in their 30s and 40s who visited a dying parent in Wellington, the director general of...

16 Jun 2020 3:15 PM IST

Protesters chant during a Black Lives Matter protest in central Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday June, 14, 2020. (AP)

New Zealand protesters take knee outside US consulate

As Michael Jackson-'s -'They Don-'t Care About Us-' played in the background, the protesters chanted -'No justice, no...

14 Jun 2020 7:40 PM IST

Police move in to disperse protesters that had gathered in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP)

BLM rallies hit Australia for 2nd weekend, some banned

Thousands of people protested in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane against racism and the deaths of Indigenous Australians...

13 Jun 2020 11:42 AM IST

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