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New Zealand moves Hamilton, Raglan, and other Waikato towns to alert level 3 after the discovery of two Delta variant cases and the spread of the virus beyond Auckland.
2021-10-3

NIWA declares that the previous summer, which had an average temperature of 18.8 C, was the hottest in New Zealand history.
2018-03-5

Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens Scott Ludlam resigns as a Senator after discovering that he holds dual citizenship with New Zealand, making him electorally ineligible under Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.
2017-07-14

A state of emergency is declared and coastal areas are evacuated in the Coromandel Peninsula as Cyclone Cook sweeps across the North Island of New Zealand.
2017-04-13

At least eight homes are destroyed as a wildfire rages out of control in the Port Hills, in the southern outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand. A pilot died when his helicopter crashed while fighting the fire.
2017-02-15

A New Zealand court orders Pike River Coal to pay $3 million in compensation for the 29 victims of the Pike River Mine disaster.
2013-07-5

An Emperor Penguin is sighted on a New Zealand beach, the first time this has happened in 44 years.
2011-06-21

Warner Bros. and New Line confirm that the "The Hobbit" films will be shot in New Zealand.
2010-10-27

Suspended TVNZ broadcaster Paul Henry is embroiled in further controversy as his mockery of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is declared "racist" and "unacceptable" and New Zealand's ambassador to India is summoned for a dressing down.
2010-10-7

58 pilot whales die after becoming stranded on New Zealand's Karikari Peninsula.
2010-08-20