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New Zealand: Chris Hipkins taking over from Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday
Sole nominee secures Labour endorsement for prime minister, with Carmel Sepuloni as deputy, and incumbent’s la…
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Chris Hipkins profile: who is New Zealand’s next prime minister after Jacinda Ardern?
‘Chippy’ weathered Covid pandemic, now faces new storms and Labour’s flagging popularity ahead of 2023 electio…
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Chris Hipkins set to become next prime minister of New Zealand
Minister selected by Labour party to succeed Jacinda Ardern after her shock resignation on ThursdayA new prime…
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Who is in the running to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand PM?
The New Zealand Labour party will pick a new leader on Sunday, after Ardern’s shock resignation. Who are the t…
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Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
Labour leader will stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do th…
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‘Binge rainfall’ sends New Zealanders’ summer plans down the drain
While rainfall has been below average across the South Island, unusually wet patterns across the north have sc…
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‘We are inextricably linked’: Māori tribe urges Sotheby’s to return relics up for auction
New Zealand tribe says only a handful of its cultural taonga, or treasures, are left after successive waves of…
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Jacinda Ardern learned she was in new Meghan and Harry series the day of trailer release
New Zealand PM features in the follow up to Netflix’s Harry and Meghan documentary that was released this mont…
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Jacinda Ardern auctions off ‘arrogant prick’ comment to raise money for prostate cancer charity
New Zealand PM was caught on hot mic earlier this week with a candid comment about Act party leader David Seym…
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Mother charged in New Zealand ‘suitcase murders’ of two children pleads not guilty
The 42-year-old accused of the murder is the children’s mother, and was extradited from South Korea in Novembe…
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New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation
The country is believed to be the first to implement an annually rising legal smoking age New Zealand has intr…
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‘The community is 100% scared’: shop owners of Auckland’s Little India at centre of national crime debate
After a series of high-profile robberies and ram raids, the owners of Sandringham’s dairies say something has …
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Health officials gain guardianship of baby whose parents refused ‘vaccinated blood’ transfusion
New Zealand high court case has become a focus of protests from anti-vaxxersA New Zealand high court judge has…
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New Zealand ‘suitcase murders’: suspect is mother of child victims, court hears
Forty-two-year-old woman makes first appearance in New Zealand court after extradition from South KoreaA woman…
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‘I’m tired of asking adults to save the planet’: readers have their say on lowering the voting age in NZ
The New Zealand supreme court’s decision to declare the current age of voting, 18, discriminatory has reignite…