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New Zealand police arrest five for breach of COVID-19 restrictions

August 19, 2021 Sightseers’ Delight

New Zealand police have arrested at least five people for violating the country’s COVID-19 lockdown mandate.

New Zealand police charge man over ferry threats

May 3, 2021 Sightseers’ Delight

New Zealand authorities have charged a 33-year-old man with with threatening to harm people/property in relation to the threat directed at the Cook Strait ferry services in Picton.

Man arrested over threat to Cook Strait ferry

May 3, 2021 Sightseers’ Delight

Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in relation to an alleged threat directed at Cook Strait ferry services in Picton.

KiwiRail reduces number of South Island trains amid COVID-19 pandemic

March 30, 2021 Sightseers’ Delight

KiwiRail is reducing the number of passenger tourist trains it runs on the South Island as New Zealand’s borders remain closed to international visitors.

Looking back at Christchurch and exploring the whole story of a destination

February 22, 2021 Todd DeFeo

Exploring places means sometimes looking at the less than idyllic parts of its story. As the world pauses to remember the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake’s anniversary, my thoughts turned to that resilient city.

Two killed, three injured in New Zealand helicopter crash

December 14, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

New Zealand police confirmed two people have died in a helicopter crash near the Kekerengu Rivermouth, north of Kaikoura.

Police arrest man following ‘serious incident’ at Auckland bar

December 8, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

Cops arrested a 25-year-old man following “a serious incident” at Dr Rudi’s Rooftop bar in downtown Auckland.

New Zealand eases restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic

September 24, 2020 Voice of America

COVID-19 restrictions are being relaxed in New Zealand as infection rates fall. In a four-tiered alert system, all but the nation’s biggest city, Auckland, will move to the lowest disease-control level, alert level one on Tuesday. Auckland will move to alert level two on Wednesday.

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in New Zealand

August 13, 2020 Voice of America

Officials in New Zealand say they have now identified 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Auckland, the nation’s largest city, all directly related to the four cases from the same household reported Tuesday.

New Zealand goes back into lockdown following new COVID-19 cases

August 12, 2020 Voice of America

New Zealand is again under lockdown restrictions Wednesday after four COVID-19 infections were detected in Auckland, the South Pacific’s country’s biggest city. They are the first confirmed cases of community transmission of coronavirus in more than 100 days.