New Zealand

South Korean Police Reveal Relative Of Kids Found Dead In Suitcase

August 22, 2022 3:05 pm

A woman who has been reported to be directly related to two children whose remains had been discovered in some suitcases in New Zealand is currently in South Korea.

Last week, it had also been reported that the New Zealand police had revealed that they had discovered the remains of two children, who are thought to have been between five and 10 years old when they died, in suitcases.

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The bodies had been discovered after an unsuspecting family had bought a trailer-load of items — including the suitcases — …

New Zealand Economy Slumps By 12.2 %

September 17, 2020 10:34 am

New Zealand fell into its deepest economic slump on record in the second quarter as its battle against the coronavirus pandemic paralysed business activity, official data showed on Thursday.

Gross domestic product contracted a seasonally adjusted 12.2% quarter-on-quarter, its sharpest quarterly contraction on record and largely in line with forecasts of a 12.8% decline from economists polled by Reuters. GDP fell 12.4% year-on-year.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand had forecast a quarterly and annual GDP decline of 14% in its August statement.

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Growth has been hit by a standstill in …

Cyber Attackers Hit Website Of New Zealand Stock Exchange

August 31, 2020 5:45 am

Cyber attackers have downed the website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange for the fifth day in a row.

The attack, which started last week hit the bourse’s ability to operate normally.

The cyber bullies hit the website repeatedly by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, a common way to disrupt a server by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic.

But on Monday, despite the online disruption, trading was unaffected.

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According to Reuters, the disruption came about an hour after NZX Ltd said it had agreed with the Financial …

Virus Free New Zealand World’s Safest Place

August 9, 2020 11:59 am

New Zealand, the Pacific island nation of 5 million people is now the safest place in the world right now.

In a COVID-19 pandemic raging world, New Zealand has successfully kept the disease away from its shores, in the last 100 days.

Although, New Zealanders have returned to normal life, the authorities are concerned that people were now refusing testing, not using the government contact tracing apps, and even ignoring basic hygiene rules.

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“Achieving 100 days without community transmission is a significant milestone, however, as we …

Family Gets Approval To Name Baby ‘Lucifer’

July 23, 2020 7:14 am

A family in New Zealand won a battle with the local registrar’s office after they were initially urged against trying to name their 4-month-old son ”Lucifer”.

The name ”Lucifer” is popularly used to refer a devil or satan.

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Mr Dan Sheldon and his wife Mandy were denied access to registration papers after they mentioned the name.

“We were excited to go and get him registered, but the woman looked at us in utter disgust,” Dan recalled to a UK tabloid.

“She told us he would never be able to get

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Christchurch Attack: Tarrant Pleads Guilty To 51 Murders

March 26, 2020 1:05 pm

A man accused of deadly attacks on mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch a year ago has pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder.

Brenton Tarrant, 29, also admitted the attempted murder of another 40 people, and one terrorism charge.

He had previously denied the charges and was due to go on trial in June.

The gun attacks at two mosques sent shockwaves around the world. In the wake of the killings, New Zealand brought in stricter gun laws.

New Zealand is in a state of lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak and the plea was made at …

Australia, New Zealand Shut Borders

March 19, 2020 12:25 pm

Australia and New Zealand have both closed their borders to all visitors except for citizens and permanent residents and their close family members.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the press in Canberra on Thursday, adding that the travel ban means the deadline for any non-Australian-citizens or non-residents of Australia entering the country is Friday at 9 pm (1000 GMT).

Morrison said the travel ban was being put in place because about 80 per cent of the cases of coronavirus in Australia have come from either people returning from overseas or their relatives.

“Measures we have put in place have …