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In New Zealand, a striking phrase was chosen as the quote of the year. At a public election of Massey University, 'Please tell me this is not your penis' came out as the winner.

Everyone knows: glitter after parties or parties you hardly get rid of your body or clothes. Scientists want to get rid of the sticky decoration. In fact, there must be a global ban because of the ecological dangers.

A severe earthquake occurred near the New Caledonia archipelago east of Australia. The quake had a force of 7.0 and took place at a depth of about 10 kilometers. As far as we know, there are no reports of damage.

A major earthquake occurred near the New Caledonia archipelago east of the Australian coast. The quake had a force of 7.0 and took place at a depth of about 10 kilometers.

New Zealand residents have responded to the death of the country's most famous pet, the Paddles poet. The pet of premier Jacinda Ardern and her partner died according to the newspaper The New Zealand Herald after a collision with a car.

The New Zealand National Party has to pay the American rapper Eminem over 3.5 tons, because in a 2014 advertisement campaign, music was used that very much resembles the artist's work. A New Zealand court ruled that Wednesday, reported the British newspaper The Guardian on Wednesday.

New Zealand has a new government led by the Social Democrats, despite the sounding victory of the conservative party in the September elections. The parties signed the coalition agreement on Tuesday. Premier becomes Social Democrat Jacinda Ardern (37), the youngest prime minister in the history of the country.

Jacinda Ardern becomes New Zealand's new prime minister. The 37-year-old Labor leader will form a cabinet with a small nationalist party after the elections had not delivered a majority a month ago.

New Zealanders went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new parliament. It is one of the most exciting elections in the country's recent history.

In New Zealand, more flights are being removed because there is no fuel left. The deficiency has arisen after damage to a pipeline transporting kerosene to Auckland. All 28 flights have been canceled. Some gas stations also have a shortage of gasoline.

The EU stands for further integration. If it is chairman of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, gas is progressing with the European project in the last two years before it is declining.

A Dutch / Belgian couple will marry 22 times in one year.

In New Zealand, the native Maori residents have stopped plans to win drinking water from the source of a river. The Raukawa tribe successfully appealed against the intention of a liquor company to take 6.9 million liters of water daily from the Waihou River on the Norwegian island and fill it in bottles.

Marketplace.nl has a competitor. Facebook has released its Marketplace in the Netherlands on Monday. From now on, Dutch people can also easily sell second hand items through the social media.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said on Monday that he may have a dual nationality and can not take part in parliament.

Prince Charles ended the anniversary of the Battle of Passendale, exactly one hundred years ago, with two small ceremonies in Belgium. The British Prince attended the Welshe National Memorial Service at the Welsh National Memorial Park in Langemark on Monday at the beginning of the evening and finished off at Artillery Wood in Boezinge.

In Australian public representations, many elected are busy with their descent. They feverishly research their family roots, but not because they like it. An old Australian law prohibits MEPs from having a different nationality. And the law suddenly makes victims in politics.

It was an adventurous, but gentle ride for three wild rabbits in New Zealand. The beasts struck in flight for rising water due to heavy rainfall. Because the three were afraid to get wet paws, they jumped back on the back of a few sheep and surfused their safety.

Google will soon introduce a new feature in its search engine and in Google Maps. The tech giant will alert users with SOS Alert in emergencies, reports Google Tuesday.

For the Maori it is very normal, but for Europeans it remains a special face: two unknowns who give each other a 'nose grease'. The British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson was unable to make a nice remark after he received a 'hongi' during his visit to New Zealand. 'Do not do this in a pub in Glasgow.'

An Australian senator who wrote history of giving birth to breastfeeding in parliament has resigned after finding out that she has dual nationality.

Heavy winter storms harass New Zealand. In the capital of Wellington, the aircraft remained on the ground and more than 10,000 households in the country were cut off from the power supply. The wind reached speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour according to the New Zealand Meteorological Service.

For years, she was trackless, but 32 years after the bombing that brought the Rainbow Warrior to sink, French and New Zealand media found the French spy Christine Cabon.

The German justice arrested fourteen people in the case around the child porn platform Elysium. Twelve of them are suspected of sexual abuse with children, the German public prosecutor reported on Friday at a press conference. One of the suspects, a 28-year-old man from Austria, would have offered his own children on the forum.

A New Zealander has been so seriously maltreated by a five-year-old child that the judge dealing with the case broke out in crying. According to The New Zealand Herald, the magistrate said the boy would 'suffer forever' because of the extreme violence that was used to him.

Australian customs workers have accidentally destroyed two unique and irreplaceable plant samples on Sunday. It was about residues of rare plants that originated from the nineteenth century, which were granted by international institutions to Australia.

A New Zealand model has called on the Maori's wrath to be photographed on the Mount Taranaki volcano. According to the BBC, the mountain peak is a sacred place for the original inhabitants of the country.

The New Zealand police have deployed a guinea pig to ensure that people are driving less hard in traffic. Constable Elliot carries the same police blue as his human colleagues and is a hit on social media.

A 69-year-old man from New Zealand who had it completely with the doctors who should treat him for his heart rhythm disorder has taken it on his own. He grabbed his neighbor's electric fence and recovered his heart rhythm with shock.

New Zealand is considering banning a number of passenger airplanes on laptops and other electronic devices. It is about flights to and from some Muslim countries.