New Zealand has recorded 7 new coronavirus cases overnight as the fallout from the emerging cluster continues to grow. Ministry of Health Director-General Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Health Minister Chris Hipkins announced the growing cases on Saturday morning. Jetstar has also cancelled all flights around the country and the former prime minister of the Cook … Read more
New Zealand has recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases overnight sparking fears the country will be locked down until October. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield on Friday said two of the new cases are in Tokoroa – 200km away from the outbreak in Auckland. The Tokoroa cases are linked to a member of the Auckland … Read more
Panic-buyers swarmed supermarkets and traffic was thrown into chaos across Auckland after Jacinda Ardern announced sweeping new lockdown orders on Tuesday night. The New Zealand prime minister implemented Stage 3 stay-at-home orders for Auckland for 72 hours from midday on Wednesday after the city reported four new cases of COVID-19. The rest of the country … Read more
New Zealand’s worst nightmare: Jacinda Ardern plunges country BACK into lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak with 1.6million Kiwis told they can’t leave home By Brittany Chain For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:26 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 10:48 BST, 11 August 2020 New Zealand has plunged back into a strict lockdown after four members of one … Read more
New Zealand’s worst nightmare: Jacinda Ardern announces four new coronavirus cases among the same family after country was the envy of the world with ZERO community cases in 100 days By Brittany Chain For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:26 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 10:30 BST, 11 August 2020 New Zealand has recorded four … Read more
A retirement village in New Zealand has been put into lockdown over fears of an outbreak of coronavirus, just days after the nation celebrated 100 days without any cases. The Village Palms Retirement Community in Christchurch said eight residents were displaying flu-like symptoms and had prompted the sudden lockdown. A letter was sent out out to … Read more
New Zealand has gone 100 days without recording a single case of community transmission of coronavirus, something that seems hard to imagine compared to the battle Australia is facing. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plunged her nation into one of the harshest lockdowns in the world in March and has reaped the rewards since, with the … Read more
Loud explosion rocks a shopping centre before bomb squad finds ‘homemade explosives’ outside a store By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 23:12 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 00:13 BST, 6 August 2020 A shopping centre has been evacuated after an explosion was heard and suspected homemade bombs were found at the scene. A loud … Read more
A ‘breath-taking, vast and intimidating’ image of ocean waves crashing has won the top prize in a prestigious photography competition celebrating Australian and New Zealand snappers. Oscar Hetherington, of Otago, New Zealand, was awarded Grand Prize for his submission, titled Backwash, to the fifth annual Sony Alpha Photography Awards. Hetherington’s photograph was chosen from more than 3,000 … Read more
New Zealand today announced it will press charges against a coronavirus patient who absconded from quarantine to go to a supermarket last night. The 32-year-old man – who was ordered into isolation after arriving in the country from India on July 3 – escaped through a fence at his Auckland hotel before browsing the aisles … Read more