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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern carries her lunch during an event in Welcome Bay near Tauranga, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand to lift virus curbs in most of country on September 21

New Zealand on Monday reported one new case of coronavirus in the community, taking the total number of cases to 1,447 and 24 deaths

14 Sep 2020 11:00 AM

Although whales are sometimes seen off the Northern Territory coast, it is believed to be the first time one has been spotted in the tropical rivers of the huge world heritage-listed nature reserve. (AFP)

Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river

Park authorities have set up a partial exclusion zone to protect unwitting boaters and whales, which can grow up to 16 metres long

12 Sep 2020 2:42 PM

While COVID-19 has rattled some diplomatic ties, the 30 countries that make up the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes teamed up early to keep the virus out. (AP)

Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?

Until this year, conversations with incoming visitors focused on preparing the newcomers. Now the advice goes both ways

12 Sep 2020 2:02 PM

A man looks at his phone as he sits in front of a mural of a koala in Melbourne on September 10, 2020. - A dispute over protection measures for Australia's endangered koalas threatened September 10 to topple the government of the country's biggest state. (AFP)

Koala row threatens leader of Australia's biggest state

The uniquely Australian political stoush comes months after unprecedented bushfires destroyed vast swathes of koala habitat

10 Sep 2020 12:24 PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, second right, addresses the media on the first day of her election campaign in Rotorua, New Zealand, Monday, Sept 7. 2020. Ardern said that her government will create a new public holiday to celebrate the Maori New Year if it is reelected next month. (AP)

New Zealand government to honour Maori New Year if reelected

Many people have argued that marking the day would help recognise the nation's indigenous people

07 Sep 2020 1:08 PM

A woman takes a walk in Melbourne on September 6, 2020 as the state announced an extension to its strict lockdown law while it battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Melbourne will remain in lockdown until at least October 26

Scuffles between protesters and police resulted in more than 160 fines for contravening lockdown measures or not wearing a mask

06 Sep 2020 11:22 AM

Police arrest a protester at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on September 5, 2020 during an anti-lockdown rally protesting the state's strict lockdown laws as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Anti-lockdown protests erupt in Australia just as cases start to come down

Four men were arrested and charged with incitement over the so-called 'Freedom Day' protests planned for several Melbourne locations

05 Sep 2020 2:15 PM

The death at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital on Friday afternoon takes New Zealand's death toll from the virus to 23, with the most recent previous fatality on May 24. (AFP)

New Zealand records first COVID-19 death in over three months

Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month

04 Sep 2020 2:09 PM

In this photo provided by Steven Brown, a snake is coiled on the floor of a home at Laceys Creek, Australia. (AP)

2 pythons weighing 100 pounds collapse kitchen ceiling in Australia

The house owner found the culprits, one 2.8 meters and the other 2.5 meters long slithering into a bedroom and living room

02 Sep 2020 2:29 PM

"Seven passengers on Sunday's Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival," New Zealand government official said. (PTI)

7 Air India passengers test COVID-19 positive in New Zealand after arrival from Delhi

Hong Kong had earlier barred Air India flights from landing after the same thing happened there

29 Aug 2020 9:58 AM

Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his third day in court for a sentence hearing in Christchurch on August 26, 2020.(AFP)

New Zealand court sentences Christchurch mosque shooter to life imprisonment without parole

Tarrant admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in 2019

27 Aug 2020 8:50 AM

Wang Xining, the Chinese Embassy in Australia's deputy head of mission, speaks at the National Press Club about Australia's call for an independent inquiry into the origins of and international responses to the pandemic in Canberra. (AP)

China feels betrayed by Australia’s push for coronavirus origin enquiry

The envoy quoted the play Julius Caesar in which the dictator realizes that his friend Brutus is among those who are about to knife him

26 Aug 2020 2:48 PM

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, sits in the dock at the Christchurch High Court for day two of sentencing after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch. (AP)

Christchurch shooter has nothing to say at court sentencing

Tarrant watched the speakers, occasionally giving a small nod or covering his mouth as he laughs at jokes, often made at his expense

26 Aug 2020 2:25 PM

Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his first day in court in Christchurch on August 24, 2020. (AFP)

Court told New Zealand shooter planned to burn down mosques

The gunman pleaded guilty in March to 51 counts of murder and one count of terrorism — the first terrorism conviction in New Zealand history

24 Aug 2020 9:44 AM

A Chinese mining company in Papua New Guinea claims to have immunized employees against COVID-19 in an apparent vaccination trial. (AP)

Chinese mining company used COVID-19 vaccine in PNG

National Pandemic Response Controller banned COVID-19 vaccine testing or trials in Papua New Guinea on Thursday

21 Aug 2020 12:13 PM

A man wears a face mask as he passes by graffiti reading 'No vaccine, No tracking, No COVID'. (AP)

Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM

Anticipating a backlash from vocal anti-vaccine activists, Morrison said the stakes were too high to allow the disease to continue unchecked

20 Aug 2020 1:22 PM

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media about changing the 2020 general election date during a press conference at the Parliament in Wellington on August 17, 2020.. (AFP)

New Zealand PM postpones election after virus return

PM Ardern also acknowledged concerns from rivals that curbs on campaigning would unfairly weigh the election in favour of her government

17 Aug 2020 8:58 AM

Australia has one of the world's highest incidences of shark attacks and there have been five fatal ones in the country so far this year.(AP)

Australian surfer repeatedly punches shark to save wife

Police said the couple were surfing at a beach near Port Macquarie on Saturday morning when she was bitten twice and injured her right leg

16 Aug 2020 2:02 PM

A health worker takes details at a COVID-19 testing station setup at Eden Park, National Sports Stadium, in Auckland. (AFP)

New Zealand virus outbreak spreads beyond Auckland, 13 new cases reported

The infections outside Auckland come despite a strict lockdown, including masked police blocking roads to seal its borders

14 Aug 2020 8:59 AM

Medical staff prepare to take a COVID-19 tests at a drive through community based assessment centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP)

Puzzling New Zealand virus outbreak grows to 17 cases

Lockdown in Auckland could be extended well beyond an initial three days as the source of new infections continues to stump officials

13 Aug 2020 11:55 AM

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