Australia / New Zealand

By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - President Joe Biden told a forum of Pacific island leaders in a recorded message...

By Colin Packham and Renju Jose CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia said on Thursday it will offer redress payments of A$75,000 ($55,000)...

By Byron Kaye and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's New South Wales reported one of the country's youngest deaths from...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's COVID-19 test result is negative, a government spokesman confirmed on Tuesday. Ardern...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will open up one-way quarantine-free travel for seasonal workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu to...

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's housing crisis is having a "punishing impact" on marginalised communities and leaving many...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology on Sunday to the Pacific community...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia's east coast states of New South Wales and Queensland faced an escalating battle against...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Sydney's coronavirus cases continued to surge on Saturday as police cordoned off the city's central...

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand introduced on Friday legislation that proposes up to five years in prison...

By Colin Packham and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's military will help enforce a lockdown in Sydney after the city...

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's biggest city, Sydney, extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Tuesday that the Australian rugby team has been granted an exemption to enter...

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's most populous state reported a rise in new COVID-19 cases on...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she has agreed to a request from Turkish authorities to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden plans to nominate Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, as U.S....

By Jamie Freed and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand will pause its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia for at...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that the United States should correct its mistakes instead of making baseless comments,...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities said Victoria state would extend a COVID-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday to slow the...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities said Victoria state would extend a COVID-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday to slow the...