New Zealand will partner with the Philippines on improving Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventories and measurement capabilities. The New Zealand Embassy in Manila on Monday announced that its foreign affairs and primary industries ministries selected the Philippines as one of the six countries it would...
*AT THE CENTRAL CYCLE* Trail store in the historic district of Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand: Bikes, trails, and Christine White. “Biking is ‘huge’ in New Zealand,” so says Christine White, general manager of Central Cycle Trails in Clyde, one afternoon weeks ago as we talked while the...
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) SYDNEY, Australia -- New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern, 42,...
Canada and New Zealand have both expressed their "grave concern" over the killing of yet another Filipino journalist. Their embassies on Wednesday issued a joint statement, where they called for the immediate investigation into the killing of radio broadcaster Cresenciano Bunduquin. Bunduquin was...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand's sheep outnumber people by fewer than five to one, official figures showed Monday, clipping their lead over humans to the lowest level since the 1850s. New Zealanders have far fewer of the woolly grazers than their Australian rivals, said the government body...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand police said on Wednesday they had recovered the body of a teen killed during a "tragic" school caving trip that is now the subject of a comprehensive investigation. The teen was visiting the popular Abbey Caves complex north of Auckland on Tuesday when his...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds. Visitors to New Zealand a millennium ago would have encountered a bona fide...
New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell shared how he spent his weekend at Ilocos Norte, the home province of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell points to the teenage photo of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the...
BEIJING, China -- New Zealand has raised concerns with China over human rights abuses and growing tensions with Taiwan, Wellington's foreign minister told AFP in an interview Saturday. Nanaia Mahuta held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in which they discussed "challenging issues", she...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand will ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from lawmakers' devices, officials told AFP Friday, becoming the latest Western nation to act on security fears about the platform. TikTok will be banned on all devices with access to the parliamentary network,...
An aerial view shows damage to a house and surrounding vines caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in the Esk Valley near Napier on 18 February, 2023. New Zealand is under a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on its northern coast on February 12. STR / AFP NAPIER, New Zealand --...
This undated handout photo received on February 16, 2023 from the New Zealand Defence Force shows flooding in the Hawkes Bay region in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. New Zealand is under a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on its northern coast on February 12....
