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New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard becomes the first transgender athlete chosen to compete in the Olympic Games, as the New Zealand Olympic Committee announces she is selected to compete in the Tokyo Olympics as part of the women's weightlifting team.
2021-06-21

Human rights campaigners urge Cook Islands' MPs to abolish Article 64 of the Crimes Act, which criminalises gay men with up to 14 years' imprisonment. The activists call on the lawmakers to abide by the Constitution. The Cook Islands is a sovereign territory belonging to New Zealand.
2020-09-23

Two cars collide near Waverley, Taranaki, New Zealand, killing seven people. It is the nation's deadliest road accident since 2005.
2018-06-27

Firefighters contain a fire on FV "Dong Won 701" in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand. The ongoing blaze, which broke out yesterday, has injured three people.
2018-04-10

Former AC-DC drummer Phil Rudd pleads guilty to threatening to kill and drug possession charges in Tauranga, New Zealand.
2015-04-21

The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
2015-04-16

A riot breaks out at a New Year's Eve festival in Gisborne, New Zealand, leaving 83 people injured and 63 arrested.
2014-12-31

A tornado hits Albany, a northern suburb of the New Zealand city of Auckland, causing at least one death, injuries and property damage.
2011-05-3

A South Korean deep sea trawler sinks in the Southern Ocean two thousand kilometres south of New Zealand with at least five people dead and seventeen missing.
2010-12-13

Two motorcyclists, from Austria and New Zealand, are killed in the same Isle of Man TT race.
2010-06-11