At least four people have been killed after a fishing boat sank in New Zealand as heavy storms hit the country today, causing floods mainly in Auckland, officials said. Four bodies have been recovered from the sea and another man is missing after a shipwreck in the middle of a storm last Sunday night off […]
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New Zealand promises additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine
The New Zealand government will provide further humanitarian aid worth New Zealand $ 4 million (US $ 2.7 million) to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Nana Mahuta said. “We are appalled by the blatant human rights abuses in Ukraine, especially Russia’s attacks on humanitarian corridors and the targeting of civilians,” she said. She clarified that the amount […]
RBNZ raises rate by 25 basis points to 1%
The The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has met market expectations on Wednesday by raising the cash rate by 25 basis points.raising it to 1%. key notes The RBNZ says that more adjustment needed. As well agreed to begin phasing out bond holdings from the central bank under the large-scale asset purchase program, LSAP. Agree […]
New Zealand: Measures to be relaxed after the peak of the Omicron epidemic wave
New Zealand will lift social distancing measures and abolish the obligation to show a vaccine pass for covid-19 once the peak of the epidemic wave due to the variant strain Omicron of the coronavirus has passed, said today the Prime Minister of the country Jernedas against the restrictive measures that have occupied the garden in […]
New Zealand: Police will not use violence against protesters for measures against coronavirus
New Zealand police today ruled out using force to disperse protesters who have been protesting outside parliament for 11 days outside the capital, Wellington, despite growing outrage. The use of force “poses a real risk of causing civilian injuries, forcing more protesters to take to the streets and forcing a generally peaceful demonstration,” warned police […]
New Zealand: Episodes and arrests during a vaccination demonstration
Episodes broke out today Thursday in the area where the New Zealand Parliament is located in Wellington among police officers and protesters against the mandatory vaccination for Covid-19, which were concentrated there for three days; there is a reason for fifty as a hundred arrests. Law enforcement forces intervened to disperse the rally and the […]
Omicron: New Zealand is postponing the gradual opening of its borders
The New Zealand government today postponed the planned phased opening of Oceania’s borders until at least the end of February, amid concerns about the rapid worldwide spread of the new coronavirus Omicron variant. The country in the South Pacific was just beginning to relax its pandemic measures, which are among the strictest in the world. […]
New Zealand: 26-year-old dies of myocarditis linked to Pfizer vaccination
The New Zealand authorities announced today that they found that the death of a 26-year-old due to myocarditis, a rare inflammation of the myocardium, is connected with his vaccination with the Pfizer / BioNTech preparation against COVID-19. The death of the young man, who had received only the first dose, is the second associated with […]
New Zealand has approved the use of the Pfizer formulation for children aged 5-11
New Zealand health regulator Medsafe on Thursday issued an emergency authorization for the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 in children aged 5 to 11, the Oceania Ministry of Health said. The license concerns the administration of two doses of the pediatric vaccine, with the second being made at least 21 days after the first, […]
Third-quarter GDP falls 3.7%, improving on the expected 4.5% decline
The New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 3.7% in the third quarter of the year after having risen 2.4% in the second (figure revised down from 2.8%). The result improves the market consensus, which expected a drop of 4.5%. This is the first drop seen since the fourth quarter of 2020, when it stood […]