One of New Zealand’s key performances at the World Trade Expo has been unable to go ahead after members of Parris Goebel’s Royal Family Dance Crew tested positive for Covid-19. The crew are among a contingent of 401 performers, entertainers, leaders and guests granted group allocations to travel to Dubai and return via MIQ for […]

Tourism Industry Aotearoa is urging the Government to update its plans for reopening New Zealand’s borders as Omicron has changed the game. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said last week that Cabinet would be considering changes to the current border settings in the coming weeks, after the phased reopening announced in November was put on hold […]

New Zealand Post says this Christmas has been its busiest ever with 2.4 million parcels being sent across the country last week, an increase of up to 250,000 parcels on the same time last year. NZ Post chief operating officer Brendon Main said postal volumes started to increase in August when different parts of the […]

Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island welcomed more than 200 foreign tourists to its shores on Saturday, 20 November. These are the first tourists to visit the country in nearly two years due to the Covid-19 border closure. Tested upon arrival, travellers who are fully vaccinated from South Korea and return negative results can travel to the […]

An all you can eat BBQ buffet restaurant in China’s Changsha City has banned a food bloggers for eating enormous quantities of food. Mr Kang, the food blogger and live streamer has been black-listed from Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet. On discovering he had been banned, Mr Kang said, “I can eat a lot, is that […]

Along with South Korea several countries, including, Australia and Thailand are allowing international travel. South Korea is also opening some public places as other counties remain shut off due to Covid-19. Although vaccination rates are rising the Delta variant managed to find its way into Australia despite strict border controls. Citizens of the country wanting […]

Using technology a group of teachers from Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea and New Zealand came together to learn and complete the NZGCC [New Zealand Global Competence Certificate & Teacher Training Course for Vietnam] course. To be awarded the certificate teachers were required to attend 10 online sessions and 20 self-directed modules over a five week […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Dame Cindy Kiro on becoming new Governor-General of New Zealand, saying China and New Zealand are important partners of each other. Xi expects more dialogue with Kiro to advance the China-New Zealand comprehensive strategic partnership. In New Zealand the Governor General represents the head of state, the Queen of English. […]

SOURCE: GLOBAL TIMES New Zealand now has “mature” ties with China that allow for disagreement, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said during a TV interview on Sunday. One day before the opening of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week which Ardern considers as one of the most important international events hosted by New […]

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has suspended mail deliveries to New Zealand due to an unavailability of transportation. The USPS said on its website that it was temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for a number of destinations. It said this was due to “impacts related to the Covid-19 pandemic and other unrelated service disruptions”. […]