New Zealand Archives - newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph/tag/new-zealand/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:32:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png New Zealand Archives - newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph/tag/new-zealand/ 32 32 Transgender athletes barred from female category events https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/03/27/transgender-athletes-barred-from-female-category-events/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:30:35 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=689029 Lausanne, Switzerland – Only biological female athletes, whose gender has been determined by a one-time gene-screening test, will now be eligible to take part in female category events at the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. The new rules essentially stop transgender athletes from competing in female category events at the Olympics. They

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]]> New Zealand rescuers seek landslide survivors as weather havoc kills two https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/01/22/new-zealand-rescuers-seek-landslide-survivors-as-weather-havoc-kills-two/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:28:11 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=643524 Wellington, New Zealand – Rescue workers combed rubble on Thursday at a campsite in New Zealand as they searched for the missing, children among them, following a landslide triggered by heavy rains that snapped power links to thousands and caused widespread damage. Homes were evacuated and roads closed as the rain lashed almost the entire eastern seaboard of the North

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