New Zealand to end its strict coronavirus lockdown rules tonight after eradicating Coronavirus and having zero active cases

New Zealand will end its strict coronavirus lockdown rules from midnight after eradicating Coronavirus and having zero active cases.

JUST IN: Nearly 3000 people feel 5.6 magnitude earthquake centred near Te Anau, New Zealand

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake near Te Anau has jolted the lower South Island just before 11am today (New Zealand time).

Tragedy as New Zealand bus crash leaves five tourists killed after vehicle rolls over near Rotorua

Five Chinese tourists have died and six others have been injured in a bus crash near a popular tourist resort on New Zealand's North Island.

OH MY WORD! SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A NEW CONTINENT CALLED ZEALANDIA. READ MORE...

New Zealand might be known as Australia's smaller neighbour but scientists have discovered it is sitting on a previously unknown continent - Zealandia.

It is 94% underwater but meets all the criteria applied to Earth's seven other continents, say researchers.

New Zealand wildfires see more than 1,000 flee their homes

More than 1,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires threaten homes in New Zealand's third-largest city.

The fire in the Port Hills district of Christchurch began earlier this week and was thought to have been started by an electrical problem.

It spread rapidly overnight on Wednesday to cover more than 1,800 hectares.

Oh boy! Hundreds of stranded whales dead on New Zealand coast

More than 400 pilot whales have died on a New Zealand beach in one of the country's worst strandings.

The whales were found on Friday morning local time at Farewell Spit, on the tip of the South Island, an area that has been the site of previous strandings.

According to conservation group Project Jonah, most of the 416 animals were already dead when they were found.

New Zealand to scrap historical gay sex convictions

Gay men in New Zealand who were convicted of homosexuality when it was considered a crime more than 30 years ago will soon be able to have their records cleared.

A scheme to wipe criminal records is to be introduced for those found guilty of indecency, sodomy or providing a place for homosexual acts.

Justice Minister Amy Adams apologised to those who had been convicted but said they would not receive any compensation.