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Vietnam supporters react following the New Zealand and Vietnam warm up match ahead of the women's World Cup in Napier, New Zealand, Monday, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland)

New Zealand beats Vietnam 2-0 in a warmup game ahead of the Women’s World Cup

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Trinity Rodman speaks with reporters during the 2023 Women's World Cup media day for the United States Women's National Team in Carson, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Long flight to the Women’s World Cup? U.S. players have a plan for that

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Japan's Stephanie Mawuli, centre, runs between New Zealand's Penina Davidson, left, and Akiene Tera, right during their women's basketball Asia Cup semifinal game in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Japan crushes New Zealand to set up Asia Cup final against China

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In this image made from video provided by TVNZ, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (TVNZ via AP)

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins visits China to boost economic ties

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Signs are posted on the Exterior of Auckland City Hospital, May 13, 2017. New Zealand, Thursday, June 22, 2023, has been debating a thorny healthcare issue — whether ethnicity should be considered in deciding when patients get surgery. (Doug Sherring/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand debates whether ethnicity should be a factor for surgery waitlists

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Brazil's Vinicius Junior kneels before an international friendly soccer match between Brazil and Guinea at the RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Soccer faces wave of racial and offensive abuse incidents amid FIFA pledge to stop games

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Police tape cordons off a restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, after an axe attack late Monday. Multiple people were hospitalized after a man armed with an axe began attacking diners at random at three neighboring Chinese restaurants, according to police and witnesses. (Hayden Woodward/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Axe-wielding man attacks diners at Chinese restaurants in New Zealand

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Bram ven der Kolk, letf, and Mathias Ortmann outside court after pleading guilty to their involvement in running the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, June 15, 2023. The pleas by Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk at the Auckland High Court ended their legal battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges that included racketeering. (New Zealand Herald via AP)

2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint news conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, July 8, 2022. On Monday, June 5, 2023, former Prime Minister Ardern received one of New Zealand's highest honors for her service leading the country through a mass shooting and pandemic. Ardern was made a Dame Grand Companion, the second-highest honor in New Zealand, as part of King Charles III's Birthday and Coronation Honours. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Jacinda Ardern given a top New Zealand honor for her service during shooting, pandemic

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this image made from video, firetrucks stage outside a hostel in central Wellington, New Zealand, early Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Several people were killed after a fire broke out overnight at the four-story building. (NewsHub via AP)

Fire at New Zealand hostel kills at least 6 people, officials say

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

England players celebrate after defeating Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout at the end of the Women's Finalissima soccer match between England and Brazil at Wembley stadium in London, Thursday, April 6, 2023. The match had ended tied 1-1. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

FIFA warns Europe of Women’s World Cup broadcast blackout

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

People gather to attend the Dawn Service ceremony at the Anzac Cove beach, the site of the April 25, 1915, World War I landing of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) on the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, early Tuesday, April 25, 2023. During the 108th Anniversary of Anzac Day, people from Australia and New Zealand joined Turkish and other nations' dignitaries at the former World War I battlefields for a dawn service Tuesday to remember troops that fought during the Gallipoli campaign between British-led forces against the Ottoman Empire army. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac Day

By Emrah Gurel - Associated Press

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 5, 2023. Cleverly cut short a Pacific tour Friday, April 21, to return to Britain and deal with the deteriorating situation in Sudan. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly leaves Pacific early to focus on Sudan

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

This July 19, 2016 file photo a feral cat lays in the reeds next to a body of water in Hart Park out of the direct sun, in Bakersfield, Calif. Western U.S. governors have compiled their first region-wide list of the worst invasive species. The Western Governors' Association on Thursday, March 15, 2018, released a compilation of 50 pests, ranging from weeds and wild boars to insects and amphibians. Others may be surprises, including feral cats. (Casey Christie/The Bakersfield Californian via AP,File)

New Zealand feral cat killing contest scrubbed after backlash

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta speak during the post-Cabinet press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, March 7, 2022. Mahuta has expressed concern to China over any provision of lethal aid to support Russia in its war against Ukraine during a meeting with her Chinese counterpart. (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP, File)

New Zealand tells China its concern on lethal aid to Russia

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New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta speaks during the post-Cabinet press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, March 7, 2022. Foreign Minister Mahuta will visit her counterpart Qin Gang in Beijing this week in the first trip by a New Zealand minister to China in four years, officials said Monday, March 20, 2023. (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP, File)

New Zealand’s foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday, March 17 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this image released by the New Zealand Defense Force on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, people stand on a rooftop of a home waiting to be winched to safety by helicopter in the Esk Valley, near Napier, New Zealand. The New Zealand government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country's north in what officials described as the nation's most severe weather event in years. (New Zealand Defense Force via AP)

New Zealand fears more fatalities after cyclone kills 4

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In this photo supplied by the New Zealand police, a shipment of cocaine found floating on the surface of the Pacific Ocean is stacked on a table in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. New Zealand police said Wednesday they found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate. (NZ Police via AP)

New Zealand police grab $300 million worth of cocaine floating in Pacific Ocean

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks in Ratana, New Zealand, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Labour Party lawmakers voted unanimously Sunday for Hipkins to take over as prime minister, and he will be sworn in Wednesday. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Chris Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand’s 41st prime minister

By Nick Perry - Associated Press