投稿者: Tess McClure in Auckland
Sole nominee secures Labour endorsement for prime minister, with Carmel Sepuloni as deputy, and incumbent’s last engagements on TuesdayChris Hipkins will be New Zealand’s next prime minister following a formal vote that endorsed him as Jacinda Ardern’s…
‘Chippy’ weathered Covid pandemic, now faces new storms and Labour’s flagging popularity ahead of 2023 electionNew Zealand’s incoming prime minister, Chris Hipkins, steered the country through the Covid pandemic. An experienced career politician with a…
Minister selected by Labour party to succeed Jacinda Ardern after her shock resignation on ThursdayA new prime minister for New Zealand has been chosen by the Labour party after the shock resignation of Jacinda Ardern on Thursday.Chris Hipkins – the mi…
The New Zealand Labour party will pick a new leader on Sunday, after Ardern’s shock resignation. Who are the top contenders?With the shock resignation of Jacinda Ardern on Thursday, the New Zealand Labour party is now racing to find her replacement, a …
Labour leader will stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the jobTell us: how will you remember Jacinda Ardern’s time as PM?New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said she is resigning, in a shoc…
While rainfall has been below average across the South Island, unusually wet patterns across the north have scuppered post-Christmas holidaysThey have not been the hoped-for, hazy days of New Zealand summer. Auckland’s beaches were slapped with no-swim…
New Zealand tribe says only a handful of its cultural taonga, or treasures, are left after successive waves of looting during colonial timesA Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured relics listed for sale by the auction house …
New Zealand PM features in the follow up to Netflix’s Harry and Meghan documentary that was released this monthNew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she learned she would feature in Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new documentary series the day t…
New Zealand PM was caught on hot mic earlier this week with a candid comment about Act party leader David SeymourAn official signed copy of the transcript of New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern calling a political opponent an “arrogant prick” wil…
The 42-year-old accused of the murder is the children’s mother, and was extradited from South Korea in NovemberA woman charged with the murder of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in New Zealand has pleaded not guilty to the charges.The…
The country is believed to be the first to implement an annually rising legal smoking age New Zealand has introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes in world-first legislation…
After a series of high-profile robberies and ram raids, the owners of Sandringham’s dairies say something has changed in New ZealandOutside Rose Cottage Dairy, layers of flowers are drying on the footpath. Store-bought arrangements are mixed with jasmi…
New Zealand high court case has become a focus of protests from anti-vaxxersA New Zealand high court judge has ruled in favour of health authorities who sought guardianship of a baby boy after his parents refused to consent to a transfusion of “vaccina…
Forty-two-year-old woman makes first appearance in New Zealand court after extradition from South KoreaA woman charged with the murder of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases earlier this year is their mother, a New Zealand court has heard…
The New Zealand supreme court’s decision to declare the current age of voting, 18, discriminatory has reignited a debate over young people’s rightsAre today’s teenagers politically aware wunderkinds on the frontlines of the climate crisis, underdevelop…