Tag: Jacinda Ardern

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 07:42 UTC

  New Zealand fully reopens borders to build back from COVID isolation

  

  The Government of New Zealand has fully reopened its borders effective August 1 to foreign visitors, thus ending the sanitary restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic. The South Pacific country had one of the toughest travel regimes imposed on health grounds globally. Before Covid-19, tourism accounted for 5.5% of New Zealand's GDP.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  New Zealand halts new Antarctic vessel development due to budgetary crisis

  

  The Government of New Zealand has halted the Antarctic Patrol Ship Project, citing budgetary shortcomings stemming from expenses incurred in the fight against COVID-19, it was reported.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  NZ Prime Minister calls off wedding due to sanitary restrictions

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who has announced her country was moving back to “the red traffic light setting” in a move to curb the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant, has been forced to postpone her own wedding to comply with the sanitary restrictions.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Two-way travel bubble opened between New Zealand and Australia

  

  Travel between Australia and New Zealand is once again quarantine-free as of this Monday, after measures in both countries against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic yielded results that made this achievement possible.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  New Zealanders happy with Queen Elizabeth as head of state

  

  Queen Elizabeth, as constitutional monarch of New Zealand, is unlikely to stop being the head of state anytime soon, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, in comments following Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Following New Zealand norm, next government will include two Green ministers

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party on Sunday signed an agreement with the Green Party to form government in the Pacific nation of nearly five million.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Ardern's landslide victory means New Zealand's next parliament to be the most inclusive ever

  

  New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several people of color, members from the rainbow communities and a high number of women. The ruling Labour Party was handed a resounding mandate in the election over the weekend, as voters rewarded Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her decisive response to COVID-19.

• Friday, October 16th 2020 - 06:07 UTC

  New Zealand Ardern ready to step down if she loses Saturday general election

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that she will step down as leader of the center-left Labour Party if opinion polls prove to be wrong and she loses Saturday's general election.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Referendum in New Zealand to legalize recreational marihuana

  

  A referendum next month on legalizing recreational cannabis has divided opinion in New Zealand with ruling party politicians staying clear of the contentious issue ahead of a general election they are likely to win.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Australia and New Zealand iron out quarantine dispute ahead of Wallabies-All Blacks test matches

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday she had telephoned Australian counterpart Scott Morrison to defuse tensions over a scheduling dispute between the countries' rugby teams.