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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicNew zealand

Topic: new zealand

New Zealand reports first locally transmitted Covid case in three weeks

News of the fresh community case comes hours after PM Jacinda Ardern swept to landslide election win, largely on the back of her govt’s successful response to Covid.

Jacinda Ardern returns to power in landslide victory as New Zealand rewards Covid success

With 87% of the vote counted, Ardern’s Labour Party had 49% support — heading to its biggest share of the vote since the 1930s.

PM Jacinda Ardern set for big election win as New Zealand voters reward Covid success

Pandemic has given Jacinda Ardern a stage to display her strengths of empathetic leadership & skilled crisis management, drowning out criticism of not delivering on some key promises.

New Zealand stocks & property surge as Jacinda Ardern’s poll win seems certain

The S&P/NZX 50 stock index has still gained 6.5% this month alone. The housing market is also running hot. Business confidence is also recovering.

Pandemic reinvents grocery shopping in China, South Africa eases lockdown & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

New Zealand steps up military presence at border after coronavirus breaches

PM Jacinda Adern says around 500 extra defense personnel will be deployed at managed isolation facilities, almost doubling the current number.

Ardern delays New Zealand election by four weeks to 17 October

The New Zealand PM said she delayed the election to provide certainty to voters as active Covid cases rose to 78, with Auckland cluster set to get bigger.

Brazil govt’s exodus, why Italy needs 3 million new school desks & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

New Zealand reports 13 community cases as new Covid outbreak widens

PM Jacinda Ardern has put Auckland, a city of 1.6 million people, into lockdown for an initial period of 3 days as health officials try to trace the origin of the infections.

New Zealand puts Auckland in lockdown as country registers first local Covid cases in 102 days

Four Covid-19 cases in one household from an unknown source have been detected, and contact tracing is now underway to prevent further spread, PM Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.