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The European Union signs a free trade agreement with New Zealand.
2022-06-30

New Zealand reports a record 23,183 new community transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
2022-03-3

New Zealand reports its first death related to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a woman who died after suffering myocarditis, a rare side-effect of the vaccine.
2021-08-30

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives birth to a baby girl at 4:45 p.m. local time (04:45 UTC). Ardern is the first incumbent head of government to give birth since Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990.
2018-06-21

Scientists at MetService record a wave measuring 23.8 m high in the Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, New Zealand, making it the largest wave ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.
2018-05-11

On preliminary counts, the National Party, led by John Key, wins a majority of 61 seats in the new 121-seat 51st Parliament. It is the first time a single party has held a majority since New Zealand switched to the Mixed Member Proportional voting system in 1994. Official results are expected to be released on 4 October 2014.
2014-09-20

The governments of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands protest the start of Japan's whaling season off the coast of Antarctica.
2011-12-14

At least 88 containers fall from the stricken cargo ship Rena into the Bay of Plenty off New Zealand's North Island, including one containing the
2011-10-13

An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude strikes the region of Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand, disrupting communications to the area and closing Christchurch Airport.
2011-02-22

The New Zealand military releases formerly classified files regarding possible UFO sightings.
2010-12-23