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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The aerial search for survivors from a ferry that sank in the remote Pacific was suspended Friday with more than 80 people still missing, many of them children, officials said. “The Kiribati government has suspended aerial searches for survivors of the ferry MV Butiraoi,” Rescue Coordination Center New Zealand said in a statement. The Butiraoi set off January 18 on a two-day voyage with 88 people aboard, including 23 children and teenagers. […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Many children and teenagers are among those missing after a ferry sank in the remote Pacific, official figures have revealed, with victims described as their region’s “youngest and brightest.” Radio Kiribati reported late Wednesday that a council survey of Nonouti island, where the ferry departed on January 18, showed there were 88 people aboard. It said they included 10 children of primary age and 13 high school students. The youngsters […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The search for survivors from a ferry which sank with 50 people aboard in the remote Pacific resumed Monday, with rescuers saying they remained optimistic as they comb an area larger than Italy. A New Zealand Air Force Orion plane located seven survivors drifting in a dinghy late Sunday after the sinking of the MV Butiraoi, which set off from the island nation of Kiribati on January 18. NZDF Air […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for the first time from its New Zealand launch base. “Electron is orbital. Successful payload deployment,” the company tweeted. The Electron rocket, named “Still Testing,” took off from Mahia, on the east coast of the North Island, at 2.45 pm (0145 GMT) on Sunday and reached orbit eight minutes later. The 17-meter-long (55ft 7in) carbon-fiber rocket […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is expecting her first baby in June, making her the country’s first leader to give birth while in office. The 37-year-old, who took office in October, said the pregnancy was “unexpected but exciting” for her and partner Clarke Gayford. “We’re both really happy. We wanted a family but weren’t sure it would happen for us,” she said in a statement. The charismatic leader […]
JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — New Zealand singer Lorde has canceled a planned show in Israel after facing pressure from supporters of a boycott of the Jewish state over its occupation of Palestinian territory. The 21-year-old, who enjoyed phenomenal success while still a teenager, announced last week a Tel Aviv performance in June as part of a tour. After criticism from international and New Zealand activists, Lorde announced on Sunday she was canceling the performance in […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand was mourning the loss of the nation’s “First Cat” Wednesday after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s pet puss Paddles was run over by a car in Auckland. The prime minister’s office confirmed that the ginger and white rescue cat, also described by Ardern as the PM (Prime Moggy), died in an accident on Tuesday. “To anyone who has ever lost a pet, you’ll know how sad we feel,” the […]
(Eagle News) — Some 500 Maori people, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, were among those who came to the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Aid for Humanity or Lingap sa Mamamayan in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday, October 29. INC volunteers held a program where the guests were not only entertained but were also given bags of goods and other food items. The event was held at the David Lange Park in Mangere, Auckland, […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Auckland Island in southern New Zealand on Wednesday, September 20, with a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Survey. USGS recorded the quake 256 kilometers west of Auckland Island in New Zealand. Before this, USGS recorded another strong quake with a magnitude of 4.7. This was 273 kilometers northeast of Opotiki, New Zealand. After the 6.1 magnitude quake, another quake with a […]
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (Reuters) — New Zealand’s jet fuel shortage on Tuesday (September 19) forced 39 flights to be cancelled, 13 of them international, with concerns the fuel crisis may spread after fuel stations in the country’s largest city Auckland halted high-octane gasoline sales. The fuel shortage, caused by a damaged pipeline to Auckland Airport, has caused widespread disruption to air travel since the weekend and comes only days before Saturday’s (September 23) national election […]
BELFAST, United Kingdom (AFP) — England captain Sarah Hunter has warned her team that New Zealand are capable of shattering the holders’ dreams in the women’s Rugby World Cup final on Saturday. The title match at Belfast’s Kingspan Stadium will see the competition’s two best sides go head-to-head, with England looking to repeat their 2014 triumph. But Hunter, who is preparing for her third consecutive World […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand’s main opposition gambled on a leadership change just weeks before a general election Tuesday after polling showed it was heading for disaster at the ballot box. The center-left Labor Party selected 37-year-old Jacinda Ardern to take it into the September 23 election, making her the youngest leader in its 101-year history. The move came after outgoing leader Andrew Little quit in response to a string of opinion polls […]
