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Jacinda Ardern announced the inquiry in 2018 saying the country needed to confront 'a dark chapter' in its history

NZ child abuse inquiry finds 250,000 harmed in care

Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were physically and sexually abused in New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions from the 1960s to early 2000s, a public inquiry has revealed.

World • 16 Dec 20

Jacinda Ardern attended a memorial ceremony at the meeting house of the local Maori tribe

New Zealand marks volcano eruption anniversary

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has paid an emotional tribute to victims of the White Island volcano eruption on the first anniversary of the disaster that claimed 22 lives.

World • 09 Dec 20

The attacks on two mosques in Christchurch left 51 people dead

NZ mosque attack report faults focus on Islamist threat

A report into the Christchurch mosque massacre in New Zealand has found security agencies focused almost all their resources on potential Islamist extremism, and failed to enforce proper checks on firearm licences.

World • 08 Dec 20

Unilever said all 81 staff members at its offices across New Zealand will be able to participate in the four day working week trial

Unilever to try out 4-day working week in New Zealand

Global consumer goods giant Unilever said today it was poised to try out a four-day working week for all its New Zeland employees.

Business • 01 Dec 20

New Zealand navy personnel in search and rescue operations after the 2019 eruption on White Island

New Zealand lays charges over volcano deaths

New Zealand's workplace safety watchdog has announced criminal charges against 10 organisations and three individuals over last year's White Island volcanic eruption that claimed 22 lives and left dozens more injured.

World • 30 Nov 20

97 whales and three dolphins died in the strandings

100 whales and dolphins die after mass stranding in NZ

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800km off New Zealand's east coast, officials said today.

News Lens • 25 Nov 20

Constable Zeena Ali had the opportunity to trial several versions of the hijab before she began her police training

New Zealand incorporate hijab in police uniforms

The New Zealand Police force has incorporated a hijab into its official uniform, with the first officer to wear it reporting that it "feels great".

News Lens • 19 Nov 20

New Zealanders have rejected the idea of legalising marijuana

Proposal to legalise marijuana defeated in New Zealand

New Zealanders have narrowly rejected a proposal to legalise recreational marijuana, according to official referendum results released today.

World • 06 Nov 20

The referendum was held on 17 October, the same day as the general election

New Zealand backs euthanasia, Electoral Commission says

New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject recreational marijuana use, the country's Electoral Commission has said.

World • 30 Oct 20

No leader has achieved an absolute majority since New Zealand adopted a proportional voting system in 1996

Ardern wins landslide in New Zealand general election

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country's general election, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority.

World • 17 Oct 20

Polling booths open on election day in Auckland, New Zealand for the 2020 general election

Polls open in New Zealand as election gets underway

New Zealanders have started voting in a general election that could see Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern strengthen her left-of-centre hold on government.

World • 16 Oct 20

Advanced New Zealand co-leader Billy Te Kahika said the takedown occurred while he was addressing followers online

Facebook shuts NZ party's page ahead of election

Facebook has shut down the page of conspiracy-embracing political party Advance New Zealand just two days out from a general election, accusing it of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

World • 15 Oct 20

The shuttering of bars and cafes - seen by many as the essence of Parisian life - have been described as 'breaking measures'

Paris cafes to shut as Europe fights second virus wave

Paris bars and cafes will shut for two weeks after the city and its region were placed on maximum alert this morning.

World • 05 Oct 20

With 859 cases per 100,000 people the Madrid region is the worst Covid-19 hotspot in Europe

Madrid to close borders for almost 5 million residents

Madrid's regional authorities will publish a decree later today to put the Spanish capital and nine nearby towns under partial lockdown, with immediate effect, a source from Madrid's regional government has said.

Coronavirus • 02 Oct 20

Japan's coast guard said it had rescued one crew member

42 missing as cattle ship capsizes in East China Sea

A ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6,000 cattle from New Zealand to China capsized after losing an engine in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the only crew member rescued so far told Japan's coastguard.

World • 03 Sep 20

People wearing masks walk past a 'hey Williamsburg, wear a mask' sign in Brooklyn, New York

US passes six million Covid-19 cases

The United States has charted its six millionth case of Covid-19 according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, adding one million new infections in less than a month.

Coronavirus • 31 Aug 20

Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah (R) stopped Tarrant causing more deaths at the Linwood mosque

Survivors reject NZ mosque gunman's world view

The father of three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in last year's New Zealand mosque shootings, told the man who murdered his son that "true justice" awaited him in the next life and it would be more severe than prison.

World • 26 Aug 20

Bicycle police wearing face masks patrol on the Trocadero esplanade near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Germany issues travel warning for Paris, Cote d'Azur

Germany has issued a travel warning for Paris and the French Cote d'Azur region due to rising coronavirus infections there, the foreign ministry in Berlin has said.

Coronavirus • 24 Aug 20

Witnesses confronted Brenton Tarrant during the sentencing hearing

Defiant NZ mosque shooting survivors face gunman

The sentencing hearing for the man who carried out the Christchurch mosque shooting opened with testimony from members of the Muslim community that the white supremacist targeted on 15 March last year.

World • 24 Aug 20

Jacinda Ardern was under pressure from political opponents and her coalition partners to shift the original 19 September vote

New Zealand PM delays election after virus return

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delayed New Zealand's looming election by four weeks to 17 October after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning.

Coronavirus • 17 Aug 20

A coronavirus testing centre in Auckland

New Zealand extends Auckland virus lockdown by 12 days

Health officials in New Zealand have said the country's resurgent coronavirus outbreak has spread beyond Auckland, in a significant setback to efforts to contain the infection.

Coronavirus • 14 Aug 20

An entrance to a coffee shop with new restrictions in the city of Wellington

New Zealand in race to contain coronavirus resurgence

New Zealand has reported 13 new community infections of Covid-19 as the country attempts to trace the source of its first outbreak in more than three months.

Coronavirus • 13 Aug 20

People have been urged not to panic buy after Auckland was put into level 3 lockdown

NZ locks down city after first virus cases in 102 days

New Zealand has announced it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of Covid-19 were discovered in the city, the first evidence of domestic transmission after being coronavirus-free for 102 days.

Coronavirus • 11 Aug 20

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the launch of her election campaign

New Zealand marks 100 days without virus transmission

New Zealand has marked 100 days with no recorded cases of the coronavirus in the community, but health officials there have warned there was no room for complacency.

Coronavirus • 09 Aug 20

Jacinda Ardern speaks during a community meeting with Covid-19 community responders in Wellington

New Zealand's Ardern on track to win September election

Support for New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rose during July, a poll showed, keeping her Labour party on track to win a general election in September.

World • 30 Jul 20