Tag: New Zealand

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  Falklands: prison sentences for the three Kiwi fishermen involved in violent disorder

  

  Three New Zealanders were this week handed custodial sentences at the Falklands' Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to violent disorder. Samuel Goldsworthy, Sonny Ball, and Chassy Duncan were each sentenced to prison terms lasting 14 months, 12 months, and eight months respectively.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Kiwi fishermen back from Falklands, must complete 28 days quarantine before landing

  

  The mission to retrieve 15 Kiwi fishermen from the South Atlantic Ocean is almost at an end, with the San Aotea II anchoring off the coast of Timaru, in New Zealand's southern island, a day ahead of schedule.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Kiwi fishermen continue in custody in the Falklands after evidence dispute

  

  The sentencing of three New Zealand fishermen who pleaded guilty to violent disorder charges has been postponed after one of the accused challenged the facts against him in the Magistrate's Court of the Falkland Islands on Monday.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 11:38 UTC

  Longliner returning to NZ from Falklands forced to comply with “bubble” when they reach home

  

  The crew and passengers of the New Zealand San Aotea II longline fishing trawler, making their way back from the Falkland Islands, will be forced to spend up to four days onboard the vessel once it reaches Timaru to satisfy Covid-19 regulations.

• 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.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Kiwi longliners meet at Falklands; San Aotea on Thursday leaves for New Zealand

  

  A 25-day slog across the frigid Southern Ocean is finally over for a New Zealand Sanford fishing vessel on a mercy mission to help the crew of a fellow fishing boat who spent months at sea in rough waters near Cape Horn due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

• 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 12th 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  “No mandate to invite Taiwan” to WHO assembly; Beijing warns New Zealand “to stop making wrong statements”

  

  The World Health Organization's director-general has “no mandate” to invite Taiwan to take part in its assembly next week, the body's lawyer said on Monday, adding member states had “divergent views” on the self-ruled island's participation.