The Latest Breaking News from Jacinda Ardern

After 865 days, Samoa reopens to tourists

After closing borders to international tourists in March 2020, the Pacific nation of Samoa is one of the last countries to open once more, on August 1.

AAP · Jul 31, 2022

New Zealand PM’s partner gets ‘confidential sum’ by media network that published ‘baseless lies’

‘The statements were based on rumours about Mr Gayford that are baseless lies’

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

Jacinda Ardern government proposes law that means today’s teenagers will never be allowed to buy cigarettes

New Zealand reports at least 5,000 smoking-related deaths a year

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

NZ has mask mandates and isolation, but the Omicron daily death rate is still 'very concerning'

New Zealanders are required to wear masks in supermarkets and shopping malls as the country battles its second wave of Omicron infections, but experts want the government to go even further.

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Biden joins a lengthy list of world leaders to have caught Covid

From Boris Johnson to Jair Bolsonaro, more than two dozen world leaders have contracted Covid-19

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022

Niue backs Australia's climate ambition

Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have signed a new statement of partnership between the two countries.

AAP · Jul 21, 2022

Maskless Ardern photo draws COVID critics

Jacinda Ardern says she will be more circumspect on when to take off her mask for photos after drawing criticism for a picture with Youth Parliament.

AAP · Jul 19, 2022

Australia and New Zealand have a golden opportunity to build stronger ties in the Pacific – but will they take it?

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting hosted by Fiji last week was the first to be held in person since 2019. Following a particularly challenging period, it was an opportunity for leaders to reconnect and agree to the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. This document provides a blueprint…

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2022

Encouragement the future in NZ COVID fight

Once credited with a world-leading COVID-19 response, New Zealand is battling its worst death rates from the virus and running out of ways to fight the pandemic

AAP · Jul 19, 2022

New Zealand seeks to repeat world-beating Covid response in face of surging cases

Amid warnings of a healthcare workforce collapse, the population is being urged to recommit to pandemic measures many thought were behind them

The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2022