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Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating their citizens from New Caledonia amid civil unrest.
2024-05-22

Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Spain end their evacuation flights from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
2021-08-27

New Zealand news media company Stuff announces it will temporarily stop posting articles to Facebook and Instagram, saying they have not done enough to address fake news, hate speech, and false advertising.
2020-07-6

New Zealand bans tourists from swimming with bottlenose dolphins, saying dwindling numbers are linked to excessive interaction with tourists, as the animals choose socialising with people over necessary biological functions. Authorities say the species risks "being loved into extinction".
2019-08-28

John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announces that the 2014 New Zealand election will be held on 20 September 2014.
2014-03-10

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs on the lower North Island of New Zealand near the capital Wellington.
2014-01-20

A morning peak Tranz Metro commuter train derails near central Wellington, New Zealand, after part of the undercarriage comes loose and punctures the carriage floor, injuring four people and delaying tens of thousands of commuters as services are cancelled.
2013-05-20

Anglican Church officials in Christchurch, New Zealand, announce that the 131-year-old landmark ChristChurch Cathedral will need to be demolished, having suffered severe damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.
2012-03-2

An oil spill from the ship Rena off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand becomes the country's worst environmental disaster.
2011-10-11

New Zealand's police find at least thirteen girls aged 12-16 who work as "active prostitutes" in the "young red light area" in Auckland's CBD.
2010-06-12