Tag: New Zealand

• Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  New Zealand to triple tax for foreign tourists, from £16.52 to £47.20

  

  New Zealand will triple its tax for foreign tourists, beginning October first. The cost of the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy will jump to NZ$100 (£47.20) from NZ$35 (£16.52).

• Tuesday, August 20th 2024 - 07:29 UTC

  New Zealand population stagnant: arrivals continue but so does strong emigration

  

  In the first half of the year, some 130,000 people left New Zealand and the population grew a mere 0.1% in the second quarter, according to official statistics from the government revealed on Monday.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

  Remains of extreme rare whale, possibly a spade-toothed, found in New Zealand beach

  

  A most rare whale was found beached in New Zealand near a river estuary in the province of Otago last week. Classified as spade-toothed, little is known about the cetacean, where they live in the vast Pacific, what they eat and much less how many they are, because virtually no sightings have ever been recorded.

• Thursday, May 30th 2024 - 08:17 UTC

  Future Falklands leaders invited to the 12th Commonwealth Youth Parliament

  

  The 12th Commonwealth Youth Parliament will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, 2-5 September 2024. The Falkland Islands Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) would like to invite expressions of interest in representing the Islands at CYP 2024.

• Monday, March 11th 2024 - 19:28 UTC

  Latam flight incident leaves dozens injured on route from Sydney to Santiago

  

  A Latam flight traveling from Sydney to Santiago de Chile encountered a “technical incident,” causing severe turbulence that left approximately 50 passengers injured. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft made an unscheduled landing in New Zealand, where 12 people were hospitalized for treatment.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  More rain ahead as cruise ship visits to New Zealand disrupted

  

  SeaTrade is reporting that ID New Zealand’s ground operator Debbie Summers said cruise lines are changing itineraries to ports not affected by the unprecedented weather.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  NZ Prime Minister Ardern stepping down shortly

  

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Thursday announced that she would be leaving her post no later than February 7, while the Labor Party is to choose a new leader in three days. Ardern came to power in 2017 with a coalition government and then led her center-left party to a sweeping victory in the 2020 elections, but her popularity and that of her party have fallen in recent polls.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Controversy among NZ farmers with the proposed methane gas tax

  

  The New Zealand government has anticipated a controversial farm that would tax greenhouse gases from animals with the purpose of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Allegedly it would be a first in the world and farmers should be able to recover the expense by raising the price of items that are environmentally friendly.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Ardern believes NZ will become a republic in her lifetime

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hinted Sunday in London while attending Queen Elizabeth's funeral that her country might become a republic.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  Kiwi lawmakers want country's name changed to Aotearoa

  

  A group of New Zealand lawmakers mooted for the country to be renamed Aotearoa, which would much better reflect its Maori ancestry, and the Wall Street Journal has picked up on their bid this week.