New Zealand Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse left for Malaysia Tuesday to oversee the selection of refugees for resettlement to New Zealand and to speak with United Nations refugee agency officials.
A powerful "weather bomb" has hit New Zealand, cutting off rural towns, flooding major roads and dumping snow on to bare alpine ski fields at what should be the height of the southern hemisphere summer.
Chinese New Year is a time when the modern and traditional are brought together to celebrate a tradition even older than the Great Wall of China.
Hundreds of traditional Chinese lanterns lit up the sprawling gardens of London's Chiswick House to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year.
The New York attorney general moved Thursday (Jan 19) to protect immigrants from potential deportation under Donald Trump, issuing a raft of legal advice on the eve of the incoming president's inauguration.
New Zealand appears to be taking a calculated risk with its otherwise strict environmental policy by using foreign species to fight an invasive and destructive plant.
Want to strut your stuff in the Chinese Year of the Rooster?
The top of the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York, will shine in red and gold on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 in a salute to the Chinese Lunar New Year that starts on Jan. 28.
Chinese police, in cooperation with their New Zealand counterpart, have catched four men in connection with the smuggling of 200 kilograms of ephedrine, customs sources said on Thursday.
Europe's oldest Chinatown is to stage its biggest ever Chinese lunar New Year celebrations featuring the myth of a bird trying to fill in the ocean, organizers announced Monday.
Last year was New Zealand's hottest year on record, government scientists said Monday, renewing fears over accelerating global warming and its effect on the country's unique wildlife
Sure, they can be brusque at times. But New Yorkers' hearts nearly melted Sunday when they got a load of the biggest subway line expansion in 50 years.
It might not quite be time to ring in the New Year, but when the bell is this large with some heavy lifting required, a dress rehearsal can be a good idea.
In this episode of Kate Spade's digital series, 'Miss Adventure', Zosia Mamet, Miss Piggy and Leandra Medine have a bit of a fashionable clash
Glow in the dark parties, quality circus, disco … there’s no shortage of options this New Year’s Eve for Hongkongers looking to party beyond the obvious
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is to make a final push for United Nations reform in New York in the final days of New Zealand's two-year stint on the Security Council.
New Zealand's ruling center-right National Party on Monday confirmed that Bill English is replacing outgoing Prime Minister John Key, while the new Deputy Prime Minister will be Paula Bennett.
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