/tags/new-zealand New Zealand en-US WLRN Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:00:00 GMT /environment/2022-10-11/new-zealand-angers-its-farmers-by-proposing-taxing-cow-burps New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. Farmers quickly condemned the plan. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:00:00 GMT /environment/2022-10-11/new-zealand-angers-its-farmers-by-proposing-taxing-cow-burps The Associated Press /news/2022-08-05/new-zealand-considers-changing-its-name-to-confront-its-troubled-colonial-past As the people of New Zealand confront their nation's troubled past with colonization, a return to the Maori name of Aotearoa is being presented to a parliamentary committee. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:01:26 GMT /news/2022-08-05/new-zealand-considers-changing-its-name-to-confront-its-troubled-colonial-past Ailsa Chang, Christopher Intagliata, Sarah Handel /news/2022-06-30/new-zealands-government-classifies-the-proud-boys-as-a-terrorist-organization Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and four other members were federally charged earlier this month with conspiring to overthrow the government by attacking the Capitol in the Jan. 6 riots. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:31:17 GMT /news/2022-06-30/new-zealands-government-classifies-the-proud-boys-as-a-terrorist-organization Ayana Archie /news/2022-06-09/new-zealand-announces-world-first-plan-to-tax-cow-and-sheep-burps New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the first time a country has done this. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 21:38:50 GMT /news/2022-06-09/new-zealand-announces-world-first-plan-to-tax-cow-and-sheep-burps Ayen Bior, Ashley Brown /news/2022-05-02/new-zealand-welcomes-back-tourists-as-it-eases-pandemic-rules New Zealand welcomed tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years. Mon, 02 May 2022 14:50:45 GMT /news/2022-05-02/new-zealand-welcomes-back-tourists-as-it-eases-pandemic-rules The Associated Press /2021-10-11/new-zealands-doctors-and-teachers-must-soon-be-vaccinated The new mandate compels health care workers, including doctors and pharmacists, to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education workers must be fully vaccinated by January. Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:32:45 GMT /2021-10-11/new-zealands-doctors-and-teachers-must-soon-be-vaccinated The Associated Press /news/2021-04-06/new-zealand-australia-to-create-travel-bubble-resume-quarantine-free-travel The pandemic is under such control in the two countries that people will be able to travel between them for the first time without quarantining since March 2020. Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:05:28 GMT /news/2021-04-06/new-zealand-australia-to-create-travel-bubble-resume-quarantine-free-travel Jaclyn Diaz /news/2021-02-15/new-zealand-city-goes-back-into-lockdown-after-new-coronavirus-cases-detected Most residents of Auckland are asked to stay home for three days while health officials determine the source of the virus and test for community spread. The rest of the country is on high alert. Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:10:06 GMT /news/2021-02-15/new-zealand-city-goes-back-into-lockdown-after-new-coronavirus-cases-detected Matthew S. Schwartz /news/2021-01-25/new-zealand-records-1st-suspected-covid-19-community-case-since-november A 56-year-old woman who had traveled to Spain and the Netherlands for work late last year has tested positive for the coronavirus. It's New Zealand's first probable community transmission in months. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:29:01 GMT /news/2021-01-25/new-zealand-records-1st-suspected-covid-19-community-case-since-november Avie Schneider /news/2020-01-15/bernard-diederich-legendary-caribbean-correspondent-and-author-1926-2020 One of the greatest journalists to cover the Caribbean has died. Bernard Diederich passed away Tuesday at age 93 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Diederich’s… Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:31:27 GMT /news/2020-01-15/bernard-diederich-legendary-caribbean-correspondent-and-author-1926-2020 Tim Padgett