New Zealand

While Friday marked the first time in over a month with no new cases, it is also the fourth consecutive day of no new community cases.

Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown had returned from a trip in which he met Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Australian Brenton Tarrant sat in Christchurch High Court and heard emotional impact statements from the relatives of the 51 people he killed in attacks on two mosques last year.

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern said Trump's suggestion that her country was seeing a surge in virus cases was "patently wrong."

President Donald Trump told supporters in Minnesota on Monday that New Zealand's nine new cases was "terrible" on the same day that the U.S. added nearly 42,000 new cases.

The bite was the second most powerful of any animal on Earth.

New Zealand health officials are investigating whether a new outbreak of COVID-19, the country's first after more than 100 days, could have been imported through frozen food packaging.

The U.S. has reported at least 164,690 fatalities to date, the highest COVID-19 death toll in the world.

Additional new cases are likely to emerge in the coming days, New Zealand's Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said.

"I know that this information will be very difficult to receive," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. "We had all hoped not to find ourselves in this position again, but we had also prepared for it."

The U.S. continues to lead the world in coronavirus cases and deaths.

A kiwi with a broken leg had to return to a veterinary hospital after breaking his other leg shortly after release back into the wild. Piwi has had a tough few months.

Martin jokingly wrote that fans could imprison him if he didn't finish his latest book in time for New Zealand's Worldcon 2020, which began today. Now fans are trying to hold him to his word.

Nearly 9,000 New Zealanders reported feeling the shaking caused by the earthquake.

The new infections were reported to be two women who traveled from the U.K. earlier this month.

A debate about the militarization of New Zealand's police has raged since a trial to arm police units began in the wake of the Christchurch mosque killings.

Even takeout was banned during lockdown⁠—but it paid off.

The last coronavirus patient was discharged from the hospital in New Zealand, as the country saw five consecutive days without any new cases.

In a Memorial Day tweet, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang urged the U.S. to look at moving to a four-day workweek, saying that such a move would create jobs and not result in a loss of productivity.

The prime minister and her partner were subsequently seated in the restaurant after some seats were made available.

The New Zealand government acted quickly to close the country's borders, non-essential businesses and schools. The restrictions contributed to keeping the coronavirus infection rate among the lowest in the world.

A New Zealand woman said she was "creeped out" when a male Subway employee repeatedly contacted her after she shared COVID-19 contact tracing details with the restaurant.

The woman was quarantined while infected with COVID-19 and had no contact with other inmates at Auckland Women's Prison.

I had no money for even the basics, and went back to a diet of microwave noodles. It was like being in college again—except I'm 30-years-old.

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern has been praised for her response to the coronavirus in New Zealand, allowing people to get takeaways for the first time in over a month.

The man was in New Zealand fishing when he was approached by the 8.2-foot white shark. "I heard him before I saw him," he recalled.

Scientists have mapped a large body of freshwater that could offer New Zealand a new supply of water.

One year after the Christchurch massacre, gun control has stalled in New Zealand

Nick Minogue and a friend were out on the water near Pauanui Beach in New Zealand when the shark attacked.

The animal measured more than 13 feet in length, according to marine researcher Darren Stevens.