New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the country’s biggest city; Auckland; will go into a seven-day lockdown from early morning on Sunday after a new local case of the coronavirus of unknown origin emerged. This comes two weeks after Auckland’s nearly 2 million residents were plunged into a snap three-day lockdown […]
New Zealand has announced that it will withdraw its last remaining troops from Afghanistan by May, concluding a 20-year deployment that was the country’s longest-running one. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that Afghanistan’s internal peace process represented the best prospect for an enduring political solution in the troubled country; meaning the New Zealand […]
New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland will go into a three-day lockdown beginning just before midnight Sunday following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move after an urgent meeting with other top lawmakers in the Cabinet. She said they decided to take a cautious approach until […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent two strongly-worded emails to the New Zealand Ministry of Health. And New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and even considered pulling out of the tour. In case the hosts fail to allow all cleared players to start their training; pursue cricket activities from Friday despite early assurance. PCB Chief Executive […]
CHRISTCHURCH: The Pakistan cricket team has been given a “final warning” by the New Zealand health authorities over “breaching isolation rules” after six cricketers tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement, carried by the local media, the ministry said that the team has been issued a final warning. Earlier today, New Zealand Cricket said that […]
Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party secured the victory again in the New Zealand elections on Saturday as voters rewarded her for a decisive response to Covid-19. The polls opened at 09:00 local time (20:00 GMT Friday) and closed at 19:00. More than a million people had already voted in early polling which opened up on 3 […]
New Zealand‘s government has approved quarantine arrangements that might allow the Pakistan and West Indies teams to tour in coming months, the country’s cricket board said on Friday. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the tours would help the game through the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s an enormous boost for us, it’s our financial […]
