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Read More »New Zealand protesters hurl faeces, drive at police in week 2 of stand-off
One protester drove a car towards a New Zealand police line, narrowly avoiding officers, while other protesters sprayed officers with a stinging substance, police said Tuesday, as they tightened a cordon around a convoy that has been camped outside Parliament for two weeks.The clashes in the capital of Wellington came …
Read More »NZ braces for Omicron arrival; Singaporean infected with 2 strains in 8 months
New Zealand is bracing for the arrival of Omicron, with the highly infectious Covid-19 variant expected to breach the nation’s closed border at any time.“We know that with Omicron it is a case of when, not if,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a news conference on Monday in Auckland. “We’re …
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