Tag: Jacinda Ardern

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  New Zealand volcano eruption surprises visitors from cruise ship Ovation of the Seas

  

  Several people were injured at White Island in New Zealand when a volcano began erupting there on Monday, the region's mayor said. The eruption began about 2.30 pm local time on the island, about 50km from the east coast of North Island, authorities said, throwing smoke and debris into the air.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  New Zealand bans military style semi automatic and assault rifles

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that military style semi-automatics and assault rifles will be banned under stronger new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country's worst mass shooting.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  New Zealand terrorist planned to continue rampage; PM Ardern pledges to change gun laws

  

  The main suspect in New Zealand's worst peacetime mass shooting intended to continue the rampage before he was caught by police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday. She also vowed to change New Zealand gun laws.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Classroom emptied as students in the world demand action on climate change: “you're destroying our future”

  

  Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday, 15 March to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders into action on climate change.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Carnage in two mosques in New Zealand: 49 killed, tens wounded by terrorists

  

  Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described one alleged gunman, who had Australian citizenship, as an “extremist, right-wing” terrorist.

• Friday, April 13th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  New Zealand bans new offshore exploration and targets a clean energy future

  

  Permits for offshore oil and gas exploration will no longer be issued by the New Zealand Government as part of its commitment to a clean energy future. The move will not affect existing permits for exploration or extraction, meaning the industry is likely to continue in the nation for several more decades.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 10:09 UTC

  New Zealand with caretaker government until final count of votes

  

  New Zealanders will likely need to wait two or three weeks to find out who will next lead their country after a general election on Saturday ended with an inconclusive result. Prime Minister Bill English's National Party won the most votes but not enough to form a government without help from other political parties.