カテゴリー: Auckland
New Zealanders react with amusement at travel guide’s optimistic ranking for 2022In further evidence that we all want what we cannot have, Auckland has taken out the top spot in Lonely Planet’s “best cities to visit” rankings – despite currently being …
News on quarantine reopening will be welcomed by New Zealanders stranded overseas as country remains hopeful it can eliminate DeltaSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has reopened its border bookings to those trying to return home, as cases in …
Jacinda Ardern warns of more cases as Auckland cluster grows to 10, marking New Zealand’s first local transmissions of Delta variantSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s coronavirus cluster has grown to 10, with genomic sequencing linking it to…
After years of complaints from neighbours and concerns about house prices, hundreds of rabbits in a suburban garden had to go ‘by any means necessary’It is a quiet suburban street in Auckland: plush lawns, manicured hedges, orderly picket fences, state…
Aucklanders are driving more than ever and it’s bad for their health – but efforts to get them out of their cars are failingAuckland may have just won the title of world’s most liveable city thanks largely to New Zealand’s Covid-free status, but it’s n…
Previous first-place holder Vienna fell out of the top 10 as cities in New Zealand, Australia and Japan fared best in rankingsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Covid-19 pandemic has shaken up the Economist Intelligence Uni…
Jacinda Ardern says cleaner was fully vaccinated and ‘all signs point’ to case having no connection to Australian arrivals Joy, actually: happy reunions fill Auckland airport as trans-Tasman bubble beginsA New Zealand airport worker has tested positive…
First flight lands in Auckland just after 12.30pm with hundreds more expected to make the Australia-New Zealand trip each week by end AprilCities across New Zealand are putting out the welcome mat for Australian arrivals, as trans-Tasman bubble travel …
Restrictions in country’s biggest city to be imposed after single Covid case of unknown origin was recordedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said the country’s biggest city, Auckla…
Workers in centre of city are asked to work from home on Friday after student with no obvious links to areas of risk, tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth authorities in New Zealand are partially shutting do…
New case is not linked to main outbreak in Auckland, which has so far infected 69 peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA new case of Covid-19 separate from the main cluster has been confirmed in New Zealand, with the infect…
Two cases emerge in rural town further south, sparking concerns local health services could be overwhelmed Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has reported 13 new cases of coronavirus, with two cases emerging far fro…
Cabinet to meet at 3pm to discuss Auckland lockdown as health minister Chris Hipkins says city not yet looking at moving from level three to fourCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand is not yet looking at a level 4 loc…
Reports of supermarkets selling out of some stocks as cabinet mulls further travel restrictionsThe first person in New Zealand to be infected with the coronavirus is on the mend as travel restrictions on visitors from northern Italy and south Korea are…
Niuean performers and a 97-year-old returned servicewoman steal the show on the first day of the couple’s week-long stay in AotearoaCharles and Camilla arrived in Auckland to great pomp but a group of Niuean dancers and a 97-year-old returned servicewo…