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New Zealand rules out lockdowns as it prepares for Omicron outbreak

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that restrictions will be tightened across the country if there is a community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus but she ruled out lockdowns.

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Aussie Diamonds show progress under Stacey Marinkovich after sixth Quad Series title win

The Australian netball team retain the only international prize in their trophy cabinet in a tense clash against England as they firm up their combinations ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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First aid flight leaves for Tonga after big volcano eruption

The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga were finally able to leave after the Pacific nation's main runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption

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Covid-19: PM lays out Omicron plan

"We need to be on guard, and ready," Jacinda Ardern says.

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Planes, ships head for devastated Tonga as aid operation ramps up

The first aid flights reached Tonga on Thursday with more en route, five days after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami, as communities awaited a ship with equipment to scale up supplies of much-needed drinking water.

Reuters

Ardern grateful for NZ's COVID-free summer

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spelled out her priorities for 2022 with a reflective speech in New Plymouth.

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Help arrives in Tonga in response to the volcanic eruption and tsunami, but the island nation fears COVID could come too

Air force planes from both countries are delivering humanitarian supplies, as the head of Tonga's World Health Organization office says the local government is "very cautious" about letting in humanitarian support personnel due to the risk of COVID-19.

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Woman breaks world record by running entire length of New Zealand in 20 days

Emma Timmis, 37, covered some 1,300 miles during her journey from Cape Reinga, at the top of the country, to Bluff, and became the fastest person in the world to do so

Daily Mirror

Book of the Week: No sex, please, we're LGBTQIA+

Sexlessness and Wellington wokeness mark an otherwise substantial anthology of LGBTQIA+ writing.

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ 'must regain' foreign policy ground in 2022

With Great Power rivalry, Covid complications and wider global instability set to continue, foreign policy watchers say NZ must step back up.

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Error-ridden Diamonds let England back in to secure 48-all draw in Quad Series match

Fans have been treated to a preview of what's to come in Thursday's Quad Series final during a fierce battle between Australia and England that ended in a 48-all draw.

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Black Caps’ Australia tour postponed over New Zealand’s hard quarantine norms

It could not guarantee relaxation in mandatory hard quarantine upon return of players back home

The Hindu

First aid shipments leave for Tonga, amid fears aid workers could bring ‘tsunami of Covid’

Australia and New Zealand dispatch naval vessels carrying material to help provide temporary shelter and clean drinking water after volcanic eruption

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand's limited-overs series in Australia postponed

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand's white-ball tour of Australia scheduled to start from January 30 has been postponed indefinitely after the New Zealand government could not guarantee relaxation in mandatory hard quarantine upon return of players back home in view of COVID-related restrictions.

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Australia-NZ white-ball series postponed

New Zealand's white-ball tour of Australia has been postponed after the Black Caps were unable to avoid a 10-day hard isolation period on return home.

The Guardian - UK

Czech Republic scraps mandatory jabs as daily cases hit new high; record cases in Bulgaria – as it happened

Czech government scraps decree to avoid ‘deepening fissures’ in country; Bulgaria reports highest daily tally of pandemic with 11,181 infections

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand closes borders to new arrivals over ‘unprecedented’ Omicron risk

Citizens without existing booking blocked from returning home after minister says quarantine facilities are under ‘extreme pressure’

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‘It was pure terror’: Couple suing cruise giant Royal Caribbean over deadly ‘Ring of Fire’ volcanic eruption

Matt Urey and Lauren Barham spent their honeymoon in a coma in hospitals 1,000km apart after suffering catastrophic burn injuries in the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption. They tell Bevan Hurley the disaster was a failure ‘from top to bottom’.

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Water crisis looms as residents tackle debris in tsunami-hit Tonga

Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a volcanic eruption and tsunami and largely cut off from the outside world.

AAP

Tonga relief flights set for take-off

The cleanup of ash covering Tonga's airport runway will allow Australian air force planes to deliver emergency aid for victims of the eruption and tsunami.

The Guardian - AU

Covid case surge continues as 67 deaths recorded nationally – as it happened

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Tonga says volcanic eruption and tsunami an ‘unprecedented disaster’

Government issues first official update since huge blast on Saturday, saying death toll could rise

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Russian aggression exposes gap in NZ's diplomatic toolkit

As Russian troops mass near the border with Ukraine, New Zealand's lack of teeth when it comes to sanctions is set to be exposed,

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Border clamps a double-edged sword for schools

Uncertainty at the border means schools might have too many teachers or too few.

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