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New Zealand reports a record 23,894 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
2022-03-8

The Economist Intelligence Unit releases its annual Global Liveability Ranking assessment, ranking the world's most livable cities. Auckland, New Zealand replaces long-time first place holder Vienna, Austria, largely because of New Zealand's handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
2021-06-9

Austria reports 1,209 new cases in the past 24 hours, clearly surpassing the previous record set in March during the first wave of pandemic, according to data sent by the Interior Ministry.
2020-10-8

Two people from Lombardy, Italy, living in Austria's state of Tyrol, test positive for coronavirus.
2020-02-25

New Zealand's government passes an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 to allow chronic and terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis without facing the possibility of prosecution.
2018-12-11

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs off the north east coast of North Island, New Zealand. A tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake, and waves of 0.3m have been reported near Gisborne.
2016-09-1

Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are hit by floods after days of heavy rain.
2013-06-2

New Zealand announces that it plans to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan's Bamiyan province by the end of April 2013.
2012-09-3

Pope Benedict XVI is "distraught" by news alleged of child sexual abuse in Catholic dioceses in Germany, according to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, as the church also faces paedophilia scandals in Ireland, Austria, and the Netherlands, while Pope Benedict defends clerical celibacy, calling it a symbol of "full devotion" and of "giving oneself to God and to others."
2010-03-12

Prince William of Wales arrives in New Zealand for a three-day tour, including the opening of its new Supreme Court building, his first official overseas trip representing Elizabeth II.
2010-01-17