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FILE - In this June 25, 2019, file photo, Japan players embrace ahead of the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the Netherlands and Japan at Roazhon Park, in Rennes, France. The Japan Football Association is expected to pull out of bidding for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, according to a report by Japanese news agency Kyodo on Monday, June 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Australia-NZ favored for 2023 Women’s WCup after Japan quits

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

This image made from a video, shows armed police at the scene of a shooting incident following a routine traffic stop in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, June 19, 2020. New Zealand police say a few officers have been shot and seriously injured and a suspect is on the run. (TV New Zealand via AP)

1 New Zealand officer killed, 1 injured during traffic stop

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Armed police gather at the scene of a shooting incident following a routine traffic stop in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, June 19, 2020. New Zealand police say a few officers have been shot and seriously injured and a suspect is on the run. (Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP)

1 New Zealand officer killed, 1 injured during traffic stop

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2020, photo, containers are loaded onto a ship for export at Lyttelton Port near Christchurch, New Zealand. Both Australia and New Zealand announced Wednesday they are starting free-trade talks with the United Kingdom, as each country seeks to rekindle a trading relationship that was severely tested nearly 50 years ago. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Down Under sets aside historic acrimony in UK trade talks

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, skipper Ben Ainslie steers the boat as the British team crosses the finish line in the second fleet race of the SailGP series in Sydney. America's Cup teams are returning to the water in varying degrees nearly two months after the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of what would have been an impressive global road show. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

New Zealand eases restrictions, welcomes America’s Cup teams

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In this image provided by Hamilton City Council, council workers remove the bronze statue of British Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from a square in central Hamilton, New Zealand, Friday, June 12, 2020. The New Zealand city of Hamilton on Friday removed a bronze statue of the British naval officer the city is named after a man who is accused of killing indigenous Maori people in the 1860s. (Hamilton City Council via AP)

New Zealand city removes statue of its ‘murderous’ namesake

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Crowds return: 35,000 fans expected at Super Rugby matches

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smiles as she addresses a press conference where she announced New Zealand will drop to Covid-19 alert level 1 at midnight in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, June 8, 2020. The announcement was greeted with joy around the country and means the nation of five million people will be among the first to welcome throngs of fans back into sports stadiums, embrace crowded concerts and remove seating restrictions from flights. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

With recovery of last case, New Zealand has eradicated virus

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Germany: Man arrested over threat to attack Muslims

Associated Press

New Zealand military buys 5 Lockheed Hercules planes for $1B

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

People hold a minute of silence for the victims of COVID-19 at Sol square in downtown Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Flags are flying at half-mast on more than 14,000 public buildings in Spain as the European nation holds its first of 10 days of national mourning for the victims of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Europe’s social welfare net shows signs of wear from the coronavirus

By Angela Charlton, Colleen Barry and Nick Perry - Associated Press

Kristen Pankratz, center, poses with her parents David and Anne on their yacht Amazing Grace in Tahiti on April, 23, 2020. Pankratz gave up her advertising job in Dallas and set sail with her parents in January. But now, along with hundreds of other sailors, the family finds themselves stranded in paradise. They made it as far as Tahiti in remote French Polynesia, one of the last places to offer refuge as borders slammed shut. (Kristen Pankratz via AP)

Stranded in paradise: Hundreds of sailors stuck in Pacific

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

The field in race five race at the Addington Raceway in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, May 28, 2020. New Zealand's financially troubled horse racing industry has reopened Thursday after being shuttered for weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak, leading the return of organized sports as the nation moves toward normality. A harness racing meeting which took place without fans at the Addington racecourse in Christchurch was the first since New Zealand went into strict lockdown on March 24. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Horse racing returns in New Zealand as lockdown eases

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Missing hikers found after 18 days in New Zealand wilderness

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this April 28, 2020, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence, center, visits Dennis Nelson, a patient who survived the coronavirus and was going to give blood, during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., as he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. From the U.S. president to the British prime minister's top aide and far beyond, leading officials around the world are refusing to wear masks or breaking confinement rules meant to protect their populations from the coronavirus and slow the pandemic. While some are punished when they're caught, or publicly repent, others shrug off the violations as if the rules don't apply to them. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Hypocrisy gone viral? Officials set bad COVID-19 examples

By Thomas Adamson and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

New Zealand sticks to old rules for Super Rugby’s return

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

The offices of Stuff media company are seen in Auckland, New Zealand, Monday, May 11, 2020. One of New Zealand's largest media organizations has been sold for a single dollar to the chief executive, Sinead Boucher in a management buyout that would be completed by the end of the month. (Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP)

CEO buying struggling New Zealand media company for $1

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a press conference after the 2020 budget at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 14, 2020. New Zealand's government plans to borrow and spend vast amounts of money as it tries to keep unemployment below 10% in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. (Hagen Hopkins/Pool Photo via AP)

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand PM, sees highest approval rating in the country’s history

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Cathedral Junction Barbers owner Conrad Fitz-Gerald cuts the hair of his son Heathcliff wait just past midnight in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, May 14, 2020. New Zealand lifted most of its remaining lockdown restrictions from midnight Wednesday (noon Weds. GMT) as the country prepares for a new normal. Malls, retail stores and restaurants will reopen and many people will return to their workplaces. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

New Zealand barber snips away at midnight as nation reopens

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

The NZME building in central Auckland Monday May 11, 2020. The future of one of New Zealand's largest media organizations remained unclear Monday following a series of unusual and competing stock market announcements. The confusion centered on Stuff, which prints many of the nation's newspapers and runs a popular news website. (Jason Oxenham/NZ Herald via AP)

New Zealand ‘Stuff’ future unclear after dueling statements

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press