New Zealand to open borders with Australia next year
ANKARA: New Zealand on Monday announced that the country’s Cabinet has agreed to open borders with Australia early next year, according to state-run media. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, has agreed in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia early next year, Anadolu Agency quoting the Radio New Zealand reported. […]
New Zealand announces new virus case day after ‘Covid’ election
WELLINGTON: New Zealand confirmed a new community case of Covid-19 Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that the South Pacific nation had “beat the virus again”. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the latest case involved a port-side worker who returned a positive test on Saturday afternoon. “Because the person was tested […]
New Zealand’s victorious Ardern vows to deliver reform
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed Sunday to “crack on” with delivering her vision following a landslide election victory, after a string of disasters frustrated reform in her first term. Ardern won a historic outright majority in Saturday’s poll — the first since New Zealand adopted proportional voting in 1996 — allowing her […]
New Zealand PM delays election after virus return
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday delayed New Zealand’s looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning. Ardern was under pressure from political opponents and her coalition partners to shift the original September 19 vote following the shock discovery of Covid-19 in Auckland last week, […]
