New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern to step down by February before fall election
Ardern said she still believed her party New Zealand Labour would win the upcoming election, which is set for Oct. 14, but with a new leader.
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Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
Labour leader will stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the jobNew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said she is resigning, in a shock announcement that came as she confirmed a national electi…
Wagner forces claim to have found body of one of missing Britons in Ukraine
Yevgeny Prigozhin claims passports of aid workers Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry found on the bodyThe head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has claimed his forces have found the body of one of two British voluntary aid worke…
‘We are inextricably linked’: Māori tribe urges Sotheby’s to return relics up for auction
New Zealand tribe says only a handful of its cultural taonga, or treasures, are left after successive waves of looting during colonial timesA Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured relics listed for sale by the auction house …
Family of Briton missing in Ukraine ‘very worried’ about him
Chris Parry and fellow Briton Andrew Bagshaw had been helping people evacuate from frontlineThe family of one of the two British men missing in Ukraine have said they are “very worried” about his disappearance.Chris Parry, 28, was last seen on Friday w…
Australian Twitter users aim ire at Elon Musk after apparent local outage
Problem appears to be limited to users in Australia and New Zealand and follows significant global outage in DecemberFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTwit…
‘Burned the hill down’: billionaire’s runaway fireworks spark New Zealand furore
Neighbours furious after firefighters had to be called on Christmas Eve to Redemption Song, owned by Empire State magnate Tony MalkinResidents of a New Zealand town are calling for a ban on private fireworks after a display by a New York billionaire se…
‘Biofoul’ on Hull Strands Cruise Ship at Sea for 6 Days
An unidentified organism prompted Australia to block the vessel from docking, forcing passengers to skip a series of port stops.
Viking Orion: hundreds of passengers stranded on cruise ship off South Australia due to ‘marine growth’
Ship hasn’t docked in a port since it cast off from Wellington in New Zealand on Boxing DayFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHundreds of passengers strande…