Sources: BBC
New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the European Union, which is expected to increase EU exports to the South Pacific nation by €4.5 billion a year. 2023-07-9
New Zealand drops the elimination strategy to combat COVID-19 in favour of a new model that contains vaccination rates amid the continued outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. 2021-10-4
New Zealanders vote to retain the current flag over the proposed design in the nation's flag referendum. More than 2 million people vote in the referendum. 2016-03-24
Voting begins for the second stage of New Zealand's flag referendum with the current flag going up against the design chosen on the first stage of the referendum. Voting will end on March 23 with polling showing the current flag is favoured to win. 2016-03-3
New Zealand announces the flag design chosen by the public that will challenge the current flag in a March 2016 vote. Voters will choose between the current flag, which features the British Union Jack with a dark blue background, and the challenger, a silver fern and four red stars on a black and blue background. 2015-12-15
Four alternatives to the current New Zealand flag are chosen for a Spring referendum (20 November – 11 December 2015) in which New Zealanders will determine their favorite of the new designs. 2015-09-1
A government appointed panel chooses 40 finalist flag designs out of more than 10,000 submitted. 2015-08-12
Attendances at services to commemorate Anzac Day break attendance records in Australia and New Zealand. 2015-04-25
New Zealand says it plans to hold a referendum regarding the change of its national flag. 2014-03-11
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her work "The Luminaries". 2013-10-15