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New Zealand's Health Minister Andrew Little speaks to the media at Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 7, 2021. New Zealand announced Wednesday, April 21, 2021 it will overhaul its fragmented healthcare system to create a new national service similar to the one revered by many in Britain. Little said that over three years, the currently divided into 20 district health boards will be replaced by a single new body called Health New Zealand. (Ben McKay/AAP Image via AP)

New Zealand to consolidate health care into national service

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - This March 30, 2004, file photo, shows Tarawa atoll, Kiribati. Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to be allowed to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by global warming threaten the very existence of their tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati, one of the lowest lying countries on Earth. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

A passenger prepares at Sydney Airport, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, April 19, 2021, to catch a flight to New Zealand as the much-anticipated travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opens. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia-New Zealand travel bubble opens with joy, tears

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 10, 2021 file photo Italy's Luna Rossa helmsman Jimmy Spithill waves as he prepares to race Team New Zealand in race one of the America's Cup on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Three weeks after his Italian-based team lost the America's Cup match, Spithill is pivoting to SailGP and his role as CEO and helmsman of the reconfigured American team, which looks to bounce back from a last-place finish in the global league's inaugural season. (Alan Lee/Photosport via AP,File)

Spithill navigates from America’s Cup loss to SailGP debut

By BERNIE WILSON - Associated Press

A family ride scooters as they travel along a popular boardwalk overlooking the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. New Zealand announced a long-anticipated travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand that will allow people to travel between the two countries without going through quarantine, allowing families to reunite and giving a big boost to the struggling tourism industry will begin April 19. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

New Zealand to open travel bubble with Australia on April 19

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 7, 2019, file photo, United States' Megan Rapinoe lifts up a trophy after winning the Women's World Cup final soccer match between U.S. and The Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France. The 2023 Women's World Cup will be spread across nine cities in Australia and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Nine host cities announced for 2023 Women’s World Cup

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Emirates Team New Zealand, right, leads Italy's Luna Rossa in race ten of the America's Cup on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Chris Cameron/Photosport via AP)

Team NZ beats Luna Rossa 7-3 to retain the America’s Cup

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2015 file photo, Mauro Cioffari, left, puts a wedding ring on his partner Davide Conti's finger as their civil union is being registered by a municipality officer during a ceremony in Rome's Campidoglio Capitol Hill. The Vatican has decreed, Monday, March 15, 2021, that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

Same-sex union blessings ban upsets gay Catholics in Asia

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Italy's Luna Rossa after race ten of the America's Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand was abandoned on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Chris Cameron/Photosport via AP)

Italian boatmaker behind latest America’s Cup challenge

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italy's Luna Rossa, right, races Emirates Team New Zealand in race eight of the America's Cup on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Monday, March 15, 2021. (Chris Cameron/Photosport via AP)

After a bizarre race Team New Zealand leads Luna Rossa 5-3

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Temel Atacocugu, right, who survived being shot nine times during the attack on the Al Noor mosque, cries as he speaks at a National Remembrance Service, Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Christchurch, New Zealand. The service marks the second anniversary of a shooting massacre in which 51 worshippers were killed at two Christchurch mosques by a white supremacist. (Kai Schwoerer/Pool via AP)

New Zealand marks 2 years since Christchurch mosque killings

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Team New Zealand races to the finish while sailing against Italy's Luna Rossa in race 3 of the America's Cup on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Chris Cameron/Photosport via AP)

Team NZ, Luna Rossa tied at 2-2 in America’s Cup match

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Vangelis Vitalis, the chairperson of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's senior officials' meeting, talks to reporters both online and in person in Wellington, New Zealand Thursday, March 11, 2021. New Zealand is pushing for nations around the world to end tariffs on face masks, syringes and other supplies needed to battle the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

New Zealand pushes to end global tariffs on virus supplies

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Italy's Luna Rossa, left, and Team New Zealand sail in race one of the America's Cup on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Chris Cameron/Photosport via AP)

Defender Team NZ and Luna Rossa tied 1-1 in America’s Cup

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, center, and Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield, right, talk to media in Wellington, New Zealand Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. As people in Auckland adjusted to a new lockdown on Monday, health officials said they'd found no evidence the coronavirus had spread further in the community, raising hopes the restrictions might be short-lived. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

New Zealand Warriors set to play 4 months in Australia

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John Fitzgerald, left, on holidays with his wife Rita and friends, scans the horizon from high ground for any sign of a tsunami near Waitangi, New Zealand, Friday, March 5, 2021. A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck in the ocean off the coast of New Zealand prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pacific. (Peter De Graaf/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Little damage from huge Pacific quake; tsunami threat passes

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Supporters of Italy's Luna Rossa team join in the celebration after defeating Britain's INEOS Team UK in race eight of the Prada Cup on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb.21, 2021.Italian challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will race defender Emirates Team New Zealand in the 36th match for the America's Cup after beating Britain's Ineos Team UK in two races Sunday to seal a 7-1 win in the best-of-13 race challengers series final. (Alex Burton/NZ Herald via AP)

Auckland COVID outbreak hits cricket, sailing, rugby

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

France to play All Blacks in opener of 2023 Rugby World Cup

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2018, file photo a house is pictured for sale in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand's government on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 made the first of several promised moves to rein in skyrocketing house prices by ordering the nation's Reserve Bank to consider the impact on housing when making decisions. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

New Zealand’s virus success unleashes runaway housing prices

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, attends the 10th anniversary memorial service of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Monday marked a decade since the quake struck, killing 185 people. (George Heard/NZ Herald via AP)

New Zealand remembers 185 who died in quake 10 years ago

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press