New Zealand takes decisive action against teen vaping, enacting a ban on disposable e-cigarettes and imposing fines up to $60,000....
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New Zealand's reversal of the tobacco ban raises health concerns, especially regarding its impact on vulnerable communities....
In an unsettling reminder of nature’s force, a significant earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted central regions of New Zealand’s South Island early on Thursday. The quake’s epicenter was near Geraldine, and while there...
On Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude in New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands region. According to the agency, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km. US Tsunami Warning System...
Cyclone Gabrielle pounded the North Island with wind and rain, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and killing three people. New Zealand declared a National State of Emergency for the third time...
The New Zealand Parliament passed a historic anti-smoking bill on Tuesday, banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2009. As part of a government initiative to make the country “smoke-free” by...
In the past few days, around 477 pilot whales have died after being stranded on two remote New Zealand beaches. Daren Grover, the general manager of Project Jonah, a nonprofit group that helps rescue whales,...