She has dealt with a pandemic, a terrorist attack, a volcanic eruption and gave birth to her first child in office. Jacinda Ardern has announced she will be stepping aside as prime minister of New Zealand. In an emotional speech at the New Zealand Labour party’s annual caucus meeting, the 42-year-old said it was “time” […]

3 years ago

“If I were President, they wouldn’t have sat me back there.” Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden after he was sat 14 rows from the front at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Sounding off on his Truth Social platform on Monday evening shortly after the Queen was laid to rest in the UK, the former US […]

3 years ago

A full reopening of the country has been put back to close to the end of this year. New Zealand has pushed back the full reopening of its borders due to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation in the country at present. The country had announced a phased reopening of its border which has been closed for […]

4 years ago

“We can’t leave anything to chance.” “No jab, no job” is the clear message sent to healthcare workers and teachers in New Zealand as the country seeks to squash the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Last week, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern conceded that her government’s ‘Covid Zero’ strategy had hit a considerable wall. […]

4 years ago

New Zealand’s largest city remains under lockdown. New Zealand, which has been regularly praised for its hardline approach towards containing and suppressing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, has all but dropped its ‘Covid zero’ goal following a fresh outbreak. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has officially extended the country’s Level 3 lockdown due to Auckland, New Zealand’s […]

4 years ago

“We’ve seen the dire consequences of taking too long to act in other countries.” New Zealand is due to go back in lockdown on Tuesday after a person in Auckland tested positive for Covid-19. It is assumed that the case will be the more contagious Delta variant, although the government is waiting on the genetic […]

5 years ago