Tag: Jacinda Arden

• Saturday, August 21st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  New Zealand under total confinement until next Tuesday; 11 Delta variant cases

  

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday that New Zealand will remain under confinement unit next 24 August because of the spread of a Covid 19 outbreak detected earlier this week in Auckland.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:14 UTC

  New Zealand is backing Australia in the “barley dispute” with China

  

  New Zealand has decided to support Australia in its dispute with China on barley tariffs, signaling goodwill to work on differences in how to approach Beijing. The announcement came on Sunday when Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in New Zealand for a Monday summit with Jacinda Ardern.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  New Zealand's PM Jacinda Arden postpones the general election to October 17

  

  New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday postponed the general election by four weeks to Oct 17 but ruled out delaying it any further, as the country tackles a new outbreak of the coronavirus.