>"The president of New Caledonia's Congress Roch Wamytan is set to be re-elected for another one-year term after the party holding the balance of power said it would again vote for him next week."

New Zealand legislators have vowed to break the “disgusting and bizarre” hold of cigarette companies, introducing world-first legislation that will stop the next generation from ever being able to legally buy _...Read More_

[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/world/australia/proud-boys-new-zealand.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/world/australia/proud-boys-new-zealand.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes) "The far-right Proud Boys are not known to operate in the country, but the designation makes it illegal for New Zealanders to _...Read More_

>"Police describe incident as a ‘random attack’ by a man with a knife who targeted members of public"

"Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed in a near-unaninimous vote a bill banning conversion therapy, the dangerous and discredited practice that seek to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression."

>"The blockade of Ottawa has sparked copycat action around the globe, and such disparate demonstrations of grievance may prove hard to shut down"

The powerful eruption of an underwater volcano put the entire Pacific nation of Tonga under a tsunami warning, along with other nearby islands and some parts of New Zealand.

>"Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy say they have been subject to ‘vitriolic’ _...Read More_

New Zealand plans to outlaw smoking for the next generation so they will never be legally able to buy tobacco in the country. [https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/12/09/asia/new-zealand-outlaw-smoking-intl-hnk/index.html](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/12/09/asia/new-zealand-outlaw-smoking-intl-hnk/index.html)

Legislation will mean people currently aged 14 and under will never be able to legally purchase tobacco

>"New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labor, and she gave birth an hour later."

A Maori tribe that claims New Zealand's most famous haka as its heritage told anti-vaccine protesters to stop using the traditional performance to promote their message.

Covid-19 still spreading globally and a “vaccine-only” strategy won’t bring the pandemic to an end, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said _...Read More_

Many countries have made inoculation mandatory for at least some of their citizens, with penalties for those who do not get jabbed.

"Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday."