New Zealand

Elderly Israeli woman killed in New Zealand car accident, ZAKA says

The woman, an American-Israeli resident of Jerusalem, was in New Zealand with her husband for a family event.

A ZAKA ambulance and El Al aircraft are seen at an airport in New Zealand, February 23, 2025
An Air New Zealand Boeing 787 at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, pictured in 2018; illustrative.

Wild storm in New Zealand disrupts flights, thousands without power

Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, listens as Crown prosecutor Mark Zarifeh delivers his submission during Tarrant's sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 27, 2020.

New Zealand mosque gunman appeals conviction, says guilty plea was irrational

 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities - opinion


New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations

New Zealand is combating the purchase of cigarettes - with one of the harshest measures in the world.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

On This Day: Ottomans defeated in World War I's Battle of Beersheba

The Battle of Beersheba broke the stalemate in the Middle East, helped fuel the Balfour Declaration and saw Australian troops launch one of history's last great cavalry charges.

‘The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October 1917,’ painted by George Lambert three years later

New Zealand, Cyprus to also boycott Durban IV conference

The declaration passed by countries participating in the 2001 conference in Durban only mentions one country by name as a perpetrator of racism: Israel.

ARGUMENTS FLARE outside the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, infamous for equating Zionism with racism.

Pro-ISIS extremist attempts terrorist attack in New Zealand mall

The attacker was a Sri Lankan national known to New Zealand authorities, but was neutralized within 60 seconds of the attack starting.

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

New Zealand's Ardern locks down nation over single COVID-19 case

Imposing its toughest level 4 lockdown rules, schools, offices and all businesses will be shut down and only essential services will be operational.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a news conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 13, 2020.

Olympics: NZ's Hubbard becomes 1st transgender Olympian, but exits early

"She had a hard background and so many people wanted her to lose. She had an uphill battle here," said Austria's Sarah Fischer.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's +87kg - Group A - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - August 2, 2021. Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand in action.

Muslims in New Zealand walk out of conference on fighting terrorism

In response to comments by a panelist, audience members could be heard shouting "free Palestine" before walking out of the conference.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Northern Ireland v Israel - Windsor Park, Belfast, Britain - September 11, 2018 Free Palestine message displayed on a hill outside the stadium

Soccer star Tomer Hemed celebrates goal with Israeli flag

The display earned him a yellow card penalty because the league prohibits facial or head coverings of any kind.

Striker Tomer Hemed

Amid genocide row, Turkish diplomat pays respect at ANZAC memorial -analysis

ANZAC Day commemorates the massacre of Australian and New Zealand soldiers by Turkish troops in Gallipoli in 1915. While Turkey has not conceded to the genocide, it has paid its respects.

Horsemen and women from Australia and New Zealand participate in the Reenactment of the Cavalry Charge in the Beer Sheba River National Park, as part of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC liberation of Beer Sheba in World War I, on October 31, 2017. Members of the reeactment pro

Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day with return of public ceremony

Memorials for Anzac are located in Beersheba in southern Israel and Tzemach in northern Israel, as Anzac soldiers fought a number of battles throughout the region.

Colonel Piers Strudwick, British Defence Attache to Turkey, salutes after laying carnations to the graves of French soldiers of Jewish, Christian and Islamic origins during a ceremony at the French National Cemetery to mark the 106th anniversary of the World War One battle of Gallipoli