Bill English

North Korea has said it is considering a missile strike on the US Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after Donald Trump warned the regime that any threat to the United States would be met with “fire and fury”.

The southern New Zealand city of Christchurch has declared a state of emergency amid a severe storm that has already resulted in hundreds of homes evacuated across the nation, highways cut and soldiers called in to help provide emergency services.
The New Zealand Defence Force mobilised additional troops overnight to help rescue those trapped by rising floods.

New Zealand is considering restrictions on laptops and other large electronic devices on flights from some Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East, the country's prime minister said on April 24.

The new rules would follow similar measures introduced last month by the United States, Britain and Australia.

Australia and New Zealand said on Jan. 24 they hope to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by encouraging China and other Asian nations to join the trade pact after U.S. President Donald Trump kept his promise to pull out of the accord. 

New Zealand's popular Prime Minister John Key stunned the nation on Dec. 5 when he announced, in a breaking voice, he was resigning after eight years as leader.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who has been in power since 2008, has announced his resignation in a move that has surprised many.
The leader of the ruling National Party, Key has dominated New Zealand politics for many years, winning three terms as prime minister.

Two forlorn cows and a calf stranded on a small patch of grass heaved up by the New Zealand’s powerful earthquake Sunday have been rescued today.

The plight of the unlucky trio went viral after being documented by a helicopter surveying the damage of the 7.5-magnitude quake that ravaged the east coast of South Island on Sunday, causing two deaths and millions of Euros of damage.