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Thousands of people are left without power as Cyclone Gabrielle makes landfall over North Island, New Zealand. The regions of Northland and Auckland are currently under a state of emergency.
2023-02-12

New Zealand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 206 new cases of COVID-19, which is the first time that the country has reported more than 200 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
2021-11-6

New Zealand reports 41 new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since April 2020.
2021-08-24

New Zealand's Whakaari - White Island stratovolcano erupts with reports of at least five fatalities and a number of people injured or missing. Around 50 people, mostly tourists, were believed to be on the island at the time of eruption, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
2019-12-9

The fire onboard South Korean ship FV "Don Wong 701" in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its third day. At least four vessels – MV "Searuby", MV "San Granit", MV "Longview Logger" and MV "Jeppesen Maersk" – are delayed from arriving.
2018-04-11

NIWA declares that the previous summer, which had an average temperature of 18.8 C, was the hottest in New Zealand history.
2018-03-5

100 km-h winds spark a scrub fire near the Christchurch suburb of Hornby in New Zealand destroying two homes with several others damaged.
2015-02-4

Authorities in New Zealand drop the charge against AC-DC drummer Phil Rudd of attempting to procure murder.
2014-11-7

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

The death toll from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in New Zealand rises to 113 with at least 226 people missing.
2011-02-25