Sources: New Zealand Herald
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles west of Wellington, New Zealand. No injuries are reported. 2020-05-25
New Zealand's parliament votes to ban the sale of homes to non-resident foreign nationals amid a housing affordability crisis. Australians and Singaporeans are exempt due to free-trade deals. 2018-08-15
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Christchurch in New Zealand. The St. John ambulance service says that several people suffered minor injuries from falls as they ran from the quake but there were no immediate reports of serious damage. 2016-02-14
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs near the town of Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand. 2015-04-24
New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela have been elected to sit on the United Nations Security Council for two years from 2015. 2014-10-16
One New Zealand tourist is dead and another missing after a family of six is swept away in a flash flood of the Vaisigano River in the Samoan capital Apia. 2012-03-15
The City Council in the New Zealand city of Christchurch announces plans to rebuild its central business district after the recent earthquake. 2011-08-11
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of New Zealand's Kermadec Islands resulting in a tidal surge. 2011-07-7
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurs 30 kilometres west of Taupo in the Waikato Region of the North Island of New Zealand. 2011-07-5
The New Zealand city of Christchurch is hit by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake, an aftershock to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. 2010-10-13