New Zealand
Sydney, Australia (EFE).- New Zealand announced on Tuesday the creation of two new residency pathways for skilled foreign workers starting in mid-2026, with the aim of helping businesses retain skilled labor in sectors facing workforce shortages and amid a record exodus of citizens from the Oceanian country. Minister of Economic...
Sydney, Aug 9 (EFE).- New Zealand police found two missing children in a remote bushland camp on Monday hours after their father, a fugitive of four years, was killed in a shootout with police. In December 2021, Tom Phillips fled into bush in the North Island’s Waikato region with his...
Sydney, Australia, Nov 19 (EFE).- A nine-day protest march culminated Tuesday in tens of thousands of demonstrators converging on New Zealand’s parliament grounds in defiance of a contentious bill that sets out to radically reinterpret the country’s founding treaty between Māori and the Crown. ACT party leader David Seymour speaks...
Jakarta, Sep 21 (EFE).- New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed by Papua rebels 19 months after he was taken hostage, authorities of Indonesia and New Zealand announced Saturday. Mehrtens was kidnapped by fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) on Feb. 7 last year after landing...
Sydney, Australia, Feb 14 (EFE).- New Zealand declared a national state of emergency on Tuesday for just the third time in history as Cyclone Gabrielle tore a path of destruction across the North Island, causing severe and widespread damage that the country’s prime minister said has not been seen in...
Sydney, Australia, Jan 25 (EFE).- Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand’s 41st prime minister on Wednesday, less than a week after Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly announced her resignation. In a ceremony at Government House, Governor General Cindy Kiro appointed Hipkins, 44, as the country’s new leader and minister for...
Sydney, Australia, Jan 19 (EFE).- New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday said she will resign from the top job in a shock announcement that also included setting the date for the country’s next general election. “I am leaving because with such a privileged role comes responsibility – the...
Sydney, Australia, Dec 13 (EFE).- New Zealand’s prime minister was caught calling an opposition party leader in parliament an «arrogant prick» in a private comment in parliament on Tuesday. Jacinda Ardern had been asked by ACT Party leader David Seymour during question time to give an example of “making a...
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