New Zealand

Report: Pro-democracy campaigners sweep Tonga election

Wellington - Pro-democracy campaigners, including three men facing sedition charges, made a clean sweep in the "commoners' vote" at a general election in the Pacific island feudal kingdom of Tonga,

Longest New Zealand glacier shrinking 500 metres

Wellington  - The Tasman Glacier - New Zealand's longest - is retreating at the rate of more than 500 metres a year because of global warming, a scientist said Thursday.

Suspected robber exhausted after police chase, taken to hospital

New ZealandWellington  - A suspected bank robber was taken to hospital for a checkup when h

New Zealand central bank leaves interest rate unchanged

Wellington (dpa) - New Zealand's central bank left its benchmark
interest rate at 8.25 per cent cent in a scheduled review Thursday of

Tonga nobles start voting in unusual election

Wellington - The first stage of one of the world's most unusual elections was held on Wednesday as 29 hereditary nobles in the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga voted to choose their nine representat

New Zealand police call off search for missing Israeli tourist

New ZealandWellington - New Zealand police called off their search Tuesday for a missing Is

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