Meet the ‘first lot of charming Bachelors’ in New Zealand’s new The Bachelorette

Meet the first batch of charming Bachelors who will be vying for New Zealand’s newest Bachelorette Lexie Brown’s heart By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:09 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 06:09 GMT, 17 January 2021 TV NZ recently announced Lexie Brown as this year’s Bachelorette in New Zealand. And on Sunday, … Read more

Woman, 19, killed by Great White Shark off New Zealand’s Waihi Beach

A teenage girl killed by a suspected great white shark at New Zealand’s Waihi Beach was dragged out to deeper waters by a strong current just before she was attacked. Kaelah Marlow, 19, from Hamilton on the North Island, has been named as the victim of the fatal shark attack on Thursday. She had been … Read more

New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern reveals she has made plans for her wedding to TV host Clarke Gayford

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed there are plans for her wedding to TV host Clarke Gayford but a date has yet to be decided. ‘We have some plans – they are some way off,’ the 40-year-old told reporters in the city of New Plymouth on Wednesday. ‘We might need to share some … Read more

British woman plunged to her death while climbing one of New Zealand’s highest mountains

PICTURED: British woman, 37, who plunged to her death while climbing one of New Zealand’s highest peaks in icy conditions with workmates who hiked for five hours over a volcano to retrieve her body Emma Langley, age 37, was part of a group of nine traversing the snowy volcano Search and rescue teams hiked for … Read more

New Zealand’s High Court rules the lockdown was UNLAWFUL – with people wrongly forced to stay home

The first nine days of New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown were partially unlawful, the High Court has found.  Laywer Andrew Borrowdale’s case against the government was considered in July, with a decision handed down on Wednesday. A full bench of three judges waved away a string of complaints made about the lockdown’s legality. But the court … Read more

Pacific Islander family at centre of New Zealand’s coronavirus outbreak copping online abuse

New Zealand records 13 new coronavirus cases – as ’embarrassed’ Pacific Islander family at centre of outbreak reveal they’re being abused for unwittingly spreading virus By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:45 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 04:12 BST, 16 August 2020 The Pacific Islander family who sparked a second wave of … Read more

New Zealand’s deputy PM claims coronavirus outbreak started in quarantine breach

New Zealand’s deputy prime minister claims the nation’s shock coronavirus outbreak spread throughout the community following a ‘breach’ inside the quarantine system. Winston Peters told local media a ‘reliable’ journalist gave him the information after the nation recorded a further 14 new cases on Thursday. ‘It wasn’t an official, I found out from somewhere else, but … Read more

New Zealand’s coronavirus outbreak was ‘imported into the country on refrigerated storage’

New Zealand has recorded 14 new coronavirus cases as the nation braces for a second wave of infections. Of the new cases, 13 have been linked to the Auckland cluster which plunged the nation back into lockdown. Just one is a returned traveller in hotel quarantine.  There are now 36 active cases in the country – … Read more

New Zealand’s Deputy PM says Brexit negotiators are ‘not match fit’ to hammer out trade deals

New Zealand’s Deputy PM says British negotiators are ‘not match fit’ to hammer out global trade deals as he compares Brexit team to cricketers ‘trying to win the Ashes having not played the game for 30 years’ after decades in EU Officials in trade talks with New Zealand, Japan, Australia, the US and the EU … Read more

New Zealand’s Southern Alps lost 62% glaciers since 1600

The Southern Alps in New Zealand are the latest icy region to be devastated by global warming.  A study finds the mountains have lost up to 62 per cent of their glaciers since the end of the Little Ice Age, around 400 years ago.  This, according to the study, equates to a maximum ice loss … Read more