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New Zealand to provide 7.75 million dollars in aid to Africa

Published on: May 26, 2023
00:15

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Wellington, May 26 (Prensa Latina) New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced on Thursday that 7.75 million dollars in aid would be provided to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia to fight severe drought.

Fossils of 340-pound giant penguin found in New Zealand

Published on: February 9, 2023
18:30

By: Pavel López Lazo

London, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) An international team of scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of the largest ever known penguin on Earth, a 340-pound (150 kilograms) behemoth that glided through the oceans around what is now New Zealand more than 500 million years ago.

New Zealand’s anti-drug laws criticized

Published on: December 1, 2022
10:07

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Wellington, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) New Zealand's Minister of Health, Andrew Little, said that the country's current anti-drug laws are still far from ideal, and criminalize many behaviors that are possibly permissible.

Vietnam and New Zealand seek to strengthen strategic partnership

Published on: November 14, 2022
10:05

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Hanoi, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) The official visit launched here by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern clearly shows the intention of the governments of Vietnam and New Zealand to strengthen the strategic partnership enshrined in 2020.

Austria returns Indigenous remains to New Zealand

Published on: October 2, 2022
13:06

By: Pavel López Lazo

Wellington, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) The remains of dozens of Indigenous Maori and Moriori people were officially received at New Zealand’s national museum in Wellington on Sunday, completing a repatriation process from Austria, where the bones have resided for more than 130 years.

New Zealand considers official name change

Published on: July 28, 2022
19:08

By: Pavel López Lazo

Wellington, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) New Zealand may be getting an official name change in our lifetime. The New Zealand Parliament might change the country’s name to Aotearoa, which is Māori for “long white cloud,” and restore cities and towns to their original Māori names.

Gun crime in New Zealand’s largest city declines

Published on: May 26, 2022
11:59

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Wellington, May 26 (Prensa Latina) The chief of New Zealand's Police, Poto Williams, on Thursday confirmed a decrease in crimes involving firearms in the city of Auckland, the largest in the country.

Cuba and New Zealand assess parliamentary exchange

Published on: April 13, 2021
11:43

By: Prensa Latina

Wellington, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Authorities from Cuba and New Zealand assessed the possibilities of parliamentary exchange, local diplomatic sources reported on Monday

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