Oct 14 Conservative party leader Christopher Luxon elected as New Zealand’s prime minister By Nick Perry, Associated Press Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday. People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. Continue reading
Aug 08 New Zealand is partnering with BlackRock in aim to reach 100 percent renewable electricity By Nick Perry, Associated Press The government said it was helping BlackRock launch a $1.2 billion fund to ramp up investments in wind and solar generation, as well as battery storage. Continue reading
Jul 20 Blinken heads to Tonga, New Zealand, Australia as U.S. aims to counter China’s influence in the region By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department says Blinken will dedicate a new U.S. embassy in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa on July 26 before heading to Wellington, New Zealand, where he will attend the women's World Cup match between the U.S. and the… Continue reading
Jul 20 2 killed by shooter in New Zealand in hours before 1st game of Women’s World Cup By Nick Perry, Jenna Fryer, Associated Press A gunman opened fire on terrified workers on a construction site in downtown Auckland early Thursday. The man was found dead, and authorities said his motive appeared to be connected to his previous work at the site. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 6:52 U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team on preparing for a competitive World Cup tournament By Amna Nawaz, Gretchen Frazee, Karina Cuevas The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team is hoping to bring home its fifth World Cup and its third straight title, something no team, men's or women’s, has done before. Despite being the favorites, the U.S. has a tough road ahead… Continue watching
Feb 15 New Zealand fears more fatalities from flooding and landslides after cyclone kills 4 By Associated Press New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says a cyclone that left a devastating wake of extensive flooding and landslides has claimed at least four lives and police have "grave concerns" for other residents who remain unaccounted for. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 4:54 News Wrap: Inflation eases in January compared to last year In our news wrap Tuesday, inflation at the consumer level eased in January from a year earlier, President Biden is naming two new economic policy advisers, U.S. senators got a classified briefing on the series of unidentified objects shot down… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 2:22 News Wrap: U.S. takes down unidentified object over Lake Huron In our news wrap Sunday, the U.S. military shot down a flying object over Lake Huron — the fourth to enter North American airspace in the past two weeks, a tropical cyclone is bearing down on New Zealand’s northern islands,… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch 5:47 News Wrap: Pakistan mosque bombing death toll reaches 100 In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll reached 100 in Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan, police are searching for the gunmen who wounded 11 people in Florida, embattled New York Congressman George Santos told fellow Republicans… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 3:01 News Wrap: Tensions high after 2nd shooting in Jerusalem wounds 2 In our news wrap Saturday, tensions remain high after a 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot and wounded two people in Jerusalem, floodwaters are receding in Auckland, New Zealand after record-breaking rainfall, Pope Francis clarified his words after saying that being gay… Continue watching