Tag: Jacinda Ardern

• 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.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  New Zealand to lift virus restrictions, except Auckland; rallies demanded a “return” of rights

  

  New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on Sep 21, except in its biggest city Auckland which is the epicenter of the second wave of infections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Virus resurfaces in NZ: Auckland lockdown extended for at least 12 days

  

  New Zealand on Friday extended a lockdown of its largest city Auckland by at least 12 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced, as authorities struggled with a growing new COVID-19 outbreak.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  New Zealand health minister loses his job given “unhelpful distractions”

  

  New Zealand's health minister, David Clark, resigned on Thursday following recent slip-ups in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and personal mistakes.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:35 UTC

  New Zealand confidence undermined by third virus case in the “Covid 19-free country”

  

  New Zealand recorded on Thursday its third new case of COVID-19 this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confidence days after it declared itself among the first countries in the world to be free of the virus.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  Jacinda declares NZ free of Covid 19 and lifts all social and economic restrictions

  

  New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring on Monday it was free of the coronavirus, one of the first countries in the world to return to pre-pandemic normality.

• Monday, May 18th 2020 - 06:40 UTC

  New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has brunch at a cafe but must comply with virus timing

  

  Hailed for her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner were turned away from a cafe on Saturday because it was too full under the physical distancing guidelines.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:41 UTC

  Australia and New Zealand considering a “travel bubble” between the two countries

  

  New Zealand and Australia are discussing the potential creation of a “travel bubble” between the two countries, sources said on Monday, even as Australia reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in two weeks.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Minute of silence in New Zealand for volcano victims; Royal Caribbean potential criminal liability

  

  New Zealanders across the country observed a minute of silence on Monday to honour the victims of last week's fatal volcanic eruption. The official death toll from the surprise eruption on White Island, also known by its Maori name of Whakaari, stands at 16. Two people whose bodies are believed to be in the waters around the island are still officially listed as missing.