Nick Perry
The Associated Press
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2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand
Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload have each been sentenced by a New Zealand court to more than two years in prison → Read More
Rollover bus crash kills, injures wedding guests visiting Australia's wine country
A bus carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia's wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25, police said Monday. → Read More
New Zealand's central bank raises key interest rate to 5.5% but signals next move will be a cut
New Zealand’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 5.5% but signaled its next move would be a cut, sparking a sell-off in the currency → Read More
US signs new security pact with Papua New Guinea amid competition with China
The United States has signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea as the U.S. continues to jostle with China for influence in the Pacific → Read More
New Zealand budget plan offers modest financial relief ahead of election
Months before an election, New Zealand’s government is offering some modest financial relief to many people by making most prescription medicines free and increasing subsidies for childcare and public transportation → Read More
Britain to start free trade with New Zealand and Australia
Britain’s free trade agreements with New Zealand and Australia will come into force by the end of this month → Read More
New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears
New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones → Read More
New Zealand hikes key interest rate to 4.75% despite cyclone
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a half-point Wednesday to 4.75% as it continues trying to wrestle down inflation. The increas… → Read More
3.5 tons of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean
New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said the cocaine had been dropped at a floating transit point in 81 bales before it was intercepted by the navy. → Read More
More than £260m worth of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean
New Zealand says seizure of more than three tonnes of cocaine is the country’s largest drugs seizure → Read More
Elton John concert cancelled after severe rain and flooding in New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand said it had taken over 1,000 calls for help → Read More
Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand's next prime minister
New Zealand's Education Minister is set to become the island nation's next prime minister after the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern → Read More
Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand's next prime minister
New Zealand's education minister is set to become the island nation's next prime minister after the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern → Read More
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden was one of the first members of her generation elected as a national leader and became a global icon of the left. → Read More
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces resignation
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leaving office after nearly six years in which she was praised globally for her empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic led... → Read More
Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81
ROME (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia on child sex abuse charges before his convictions we… → Read More
Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81
Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who had sex abuse convictions overturned, has died → Read More
New Zealand court rules against anti-vax parents of ill baby
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand court temporarily took away medical custody of a baby from his parents on Wednesday after they refused blood transfusions for him unless the blood came … → Read More
New Zealand court rules against anti-vax parents of ill baby
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand court temporarily took away medical custody of a baby from his parents on Wednesday after they refused blood transfusions for him unless the blood came fro... → Read More