Geoff Capes, the British shot put record holder and two-time world's strongest man, has died aged 75.
Capes set the record for the longest shot put by a British man with a distance of 21.68m in 1980.
In a statement, Capes' family said: "The family (...)
Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, the Associated Press reported.
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New Zealand's former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has married her long-term partner Clarke Gayford in a small private ceremony in North Island.
The couple had intended to tie the knot in 2022 but canceled during strict COVID restrictions that (...)
When New Zealand's new government announced it was scrapping the country's world-leading tobacco laws, it came as a particularly hard blow to Māori people.
With the Indigenous community having the highest smoking rates, its leaders had fought for (...)
Thousands of protesters across New Zealand have rallied against the new government's plans to reverse policies which boosted Indigenous rights.
Prime Minister Chris Luxon's right-wing government wants to re-interpret the nation's Indigenous treaty (...)
EU Commissioner for Interior Affairs Ylva Johansson on Monday said combating terrorist finance is a global struggle.
"That's why we need to work with partners across the globe. We also need to train people outside Europe, in Africa for example.
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Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down from her post earlier this year, has been made a dame in one of the country's highest honors.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced the appointment on Monday to mark the King's Birthday (...)
New Zealand's biggest city Auckland has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain caused widespread flooding.
Rescuers are also searching for a high school student missing in a flooded cave north of the city.
Heavy rainfall on Tuesday (...)
After stepping down as leader of New Zealand earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is swapping the rough and tumble of politics for a stint of quiet reflection within academia overseas, heading to Harvard University this fall under (...)
Last month, Cyclone Gabrielle smashed into New Zealand's North Island — killing 11 people and displacing at least 10,000 more. It's triggered a national debate about climate change and whether vulnerable homes should be rebuilt or written off.
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New Zealand's prime minister said Cyclone Gabrielle, which has pummeled much of the North Island, is a weather event not seen "in a generation".
Chris Hipkins' government has declared a state of emergency — only the third in New Zealand's history. (...)
New Zealand MP Chris Hipkins says succeeding Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after her shock decision to resign amounts to "the biggest responsibility and the biggest privilege of my life".
"The weight of that responsibility is still sinking in," (...)
Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.
Ms Ardern choked up as she detailed how six "challenging" years in the job had taken a (...)
Jacinda Ardern had been the leader of New Zealand's Labour party for less than 24 hours when she was asked whether she felt a woman could have both a baby and a high-powered career.
Three years later, the question is almost laughable.
Ms Ardern went (...)
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded on a cruise ship floating off Australian coast after a fungus was found growing on its hull.
The Viking Orion was reportedly denied permission to dock in Adelaide after authorities discovered a "marine (...)
New Zealand has passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking for the next generation by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes.
The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after Jan. 1, 2009 (...)
MAKKAH – A group of 60 pilgrims from New Zealand are performing Hajj this year as guests of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. These pilgrims included those who sustained injuries or family members of those killed in the horrific (...)
OIC Secretary-General Hussein Taha has said the United Nations has made as a milestone achievement by declaring March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted by consensus the resolution (...)
A penguin has found itself on the shores of New Zealand, at least 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) away from its natural habitat of Antarctica.
The Adélie penguin, who has now been affectionately named Pingu by locals, was found looking lost on the (...)
The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the country's first Covid case since the start of the pandemic, CNN reported.
The Tongan government ordered a weeklong lockdown for the main island (...)
A bat has been named as New Zealand's bird of the year, in a controversial move that has ruffled feathers, BBC reported.
The long-tailed bat had swooped in to clinch the title in an online poll.
Contest organizers had included the bat, one of the (...)
A two-way travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opened on Monday, allowing passengers to move quarantine-free between both countries for the first time in more than a year.
Australia had previously allowed New Zealand travelers to enter (...)
Pakistan condemns in the strongest manner the systematic resurgence of blasphemous acts of republication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and desecration of the Holy Qur'an by certain irresponsible elements in some developed countries.
The (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has claimed victory in the country's general election, with the promise she will tackle social inequality in her second term.
Opposition leader Judith Collins officially acknowledged Ardern's victory in a (...)
A New Zealand judge sentenced the man responsible for two deadly attacks on New Zealand mosques in 2019 to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshipers in the country's deadliest shooting, saying the sentence was not (...)
