new zealand Archives - Freedom Online ...express yourself Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:45:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://freedomonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-icon-32x32.png new zealand Archives - Freedom Online 32 32 Protected New Zealand animals decapitated in ‘barbaric’ incidents https://freedomonline.com.ng/protected-new-zealand-animals-decapitated-in-barbaric-incidents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protected-new-zealand-animals-decapitated-in-barbaric-incidents https://freedomonline.com.ng/protected-new-zealand-animals-decapitated-in-barbaric-incidents/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:45:23 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=204738 A spate of incidents involving the decapitation of protected New Zealand native animals has shocked and horrified the country’s Department of Conservation (DOC), it said on Monday. In one incident at Auckland’s Muriwai beach, a group of people filmed themselves riding a dead great white shark being towed behind a vehicle. Before the animal’s severed […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/protected-new-zealand-animals-decapitated-in-barbaric-incidents/feed/ 0 New Zealand govt to speed up 5G rollout https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-govt-to-speed-up-5g-rollout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-govt-to-speed-up-5g-rollout https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-govt-to-speed-up-5g-rollout/#respond Fri, 12 May 2023 09:10:40 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=192839 The New Zealand government is signing contracts with major telecommunications network operators to speed up the rollout of 5G to regional towns, especially rural black spot areas, across New Zealand. The government said it was committed to ensuring that everyone in New Zealand could get access to good mobile wireless coverage, no matter where they […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-govt-to-speed-up-5g-rollout/feed/ 0 New Zealand passes laws to reduce terrorism risk, keep community safe https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-passes-laws-to-reduce-terrorism-risk-keep-community-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-passes-laws-to-reduce-terrorism-risk-keep-community-safe https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-passes-laws-to-reduce-terrorism-risk-keep-community-safe/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 09:04:26 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=192063 The New Zealand government has further strengthened and clarified counter-terrorism laws, particularly around high-risk individuals, to make the communities safer, Justice Minister Kiri Allan said on Thursday. The Counter-Terrorism Acts (Designations and Control Orders) Amendment Bill 2023 passed its third reading with strong support across the parliament. “The government will continue to respond to the […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-passes-laws-to-reduce-terrorism-risk-keep-community-safe/feed/ 0 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Ebi says Super Falcons will be targeting semi-finals https://freedomonline.com.ng/fifa-womens-world-cup-ebi-says-super-falcons-will-be-targeting-semi-finals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fifa-womens-world-cup-ebi-says-super-falcons-will-be-targeting-semi-finals https://freedomonline.com.ng/fifa-womens-world-cup-ebi-says-super-falcons-will-be-targeting-semi-finals/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:32:57 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=188725 Onome Ebi, captain of the senior national women football team, says the Super Falcons will be aiming for a semi-final spot at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals will hold in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to Aug. 20. Ebi, while speaking said following the FIFA […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/fifa-womens-world-cup-ebi-says-super-falcons-will-be-targeting-semi-finals/feed/ 0 New Zealand mosque attacker claims plea made under duress of torture https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-mosque-attacker-claims-plea-made-under-duress-of-torture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-mosque-attacker-claims-plea-made-under-duress-of-torture https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-mosque-attacker-claims-plea-made-under-duress-of-torture/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:22:57 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=179124 The man responsible for the deadly 2019 mosque attacks in New Zealand has claimed he only pleaded guilty under duress of torture on Thursday. Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of release for the terror attacks that killed 51 worshippers. Tarrant had pleaded guilty in March 2020 to 51 charges […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-mosque-attacker-claims-plea-made-under-duress-of-torture/feed/ 0 New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-court-rules-voting-age-of-18-is-discriminatory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-court-rules-voting-age-of-18-is-discriminatory https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-court-rules-voting-age-of-18-is-discriminatory/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:27:04 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=178094 New Zealand’s highest court on Monday ruled that the country’s current voting age of 18 is discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered. The case, which had been going through the courts since 2020, was bought by advocacy group,   Make It 16, which wanted the age lowered to include 16 and 17 […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-court-rules-voting-age-of-18-is-discriminatory/feed/ 0 New Zealand online retailers fail to display alcohol health warnings – study https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-online-retailers-fail-to-display-alcohol-health-warnings-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-online-retailers-fail-to-display-alcohol-health-warnings-study https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-online-retailers-fail-to-display-alcohol-health-warnings-study/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:45:32 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=177788 Less than one third of alcoholic beverages sold online in New Zealand display mandatory health information and warnings, according to a new study from the University of Auckland. New Zealand law required that manufacturers displayed specific health information on their products to meet the relevant food standards code but there was currently no obligation for […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-online-retailers-fail-to-display-alcohol-health-warnings-study/feed/ 0 New Zealand mosque attacker appeals conviction against life sentence https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-mosque-attacker-appeals-conviction-against-life-sentence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-mosque-attacker-appeals-conviction-against-life-sentence https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-mosque-attacker-appeals-conviction-against-life-sentence/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:59:00 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=176599 A self-proclaimed white supremacist, Brenton Tarrant,  who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in March 2019 has filed an appeal against his conviction and whole-life sentence.  No date for the hearing has been set, a spokesperson for the Court of Appeal in the capital Wellington told multiple media outlets in New Zealand on Tuesday. […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-mosque-attacker-appeals-conviction-against-life-sentence/feed/ 0 New Zealand farmers protest agricultural emissions plan https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-farmers-protest-agricultural-emissions-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-farmers-protest-agricultural-emissions-plan https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-farmers-protest-agricultural-emissions-plan/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:58:11 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=174475 New Zealand farmers on Thursday gathered across the country, driving tractors and pickup trucks and carrying signs in protest against the government’s plan to tax agricultural emissions. Earlier, the government confirmed plans to price long-lived agricultural gases and biogenic methane, which mainly comes from cow and sheep burps. The proposed plan has been criticized by […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-farmers-protest-agricultural-emissions-plan/feed/ 0 New Zealand Prime Minister gives birth to baby girl https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-prime-minister-gives-birth-to-baby-girl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-zealand-prime-minister-gives-birth-to-baby-girl https://freedomonline.com.ng/new-zealand-prime-minister-gives-birth-to-baby-girl/#respond Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:56:24 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=72786 New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, gave birth to her first child, a girl, on Thursday, she said in a posting on Instagram. Ardern, 37, became New Zealand’s youngest prime minister when she took office through a coalition deal last year after an inconclusive election. She now becomes the first woman in the country’s history […]

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