投稿者: Eva Corlett in Wellington
Party once led by Jacinda Ardern suffers serious election defeat amid anger over cost of living and strict Covid policiesNew Zealand voters have delivered a forceful rejection of the Labour government as a surge in support for the National party delive…
Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon clash in heated final debate ahead of 14 October vote as left-leaning government trails right bloc in pollsThe leaders of New Zealand’s two major political parties have made a last ditch effort to sway votes in their…
Former prime minister appealed to voters in Facebook video after being noticeably absent in lead up to 14 October electionRead all our coverage of the New Zealand 2023 electionJacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s former prime-minister, has made an eleventh-ho…
Director says it is both ‘bizarre’ and ‘nice’ that the film, recorded 20 years ago using a handy-cam and a karaoke microphone, has remained so popularTwenty years ago, a group of New Zealand martial arts students pooled their dollars, bought a pricey l…
Vacant positions mean that some prisoners spend 23 hours a day locked in their cells while others face months-long delays to parole hearingsConfined to cells for 23 hours a day; unable to see family face-to-face; problems accessing lawyers – New Zealan…
Colony cages are larger but animal welfare campaigners say the birds are still not able to behave naturallyBattery cages for layer hens will become illegal in New Zealand from 2023 but animal welfare campaigners are urging the government to scrap the r…
Motels used to temporarily house homeless people were found to often be unclean and unsafeNew Zealand’s emergency housing system that temporarily places homeless people in motel units is breaching human rights, with residents reporting filthy and unsaf…
New Zealand PM apologised for comment made live on parliament television during question timeNew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest leader to fall victim to a hot microphone, after her comment that the leader of a minor opposit…
City missions are reporting a 400% increase in demand since before the pandemic, amid soaring food and housing costsIt is a weekday afternoon and a bus loaded with donated goods has pulled up to the Wellington City Mission. Volunteers form a chain to f…
New Zealand parents say they will focus on supporting their son, now in the guardianship of his doctors, through life-saving operationThe family of a baby who has been placed in his doctors’ care because his parents refused to consent to a transfusion …
Labour and Ardern were immensely popular during the pandemic but inflation and deepening social inequality has changed their fortunesSupport for New Zealand’s Labour party has dropped to its lowest level since it came into power in 2017, new polling sh…
While strict Covid-19 response was broadly considered one of the most successful in the world, PM says inquiry will help prepare for next pandemicNew Zealand will launch an official inquiry into its Covid-19 response so that future governments are bett…
Auckland woman says she was banned from popular Chinese-language media forum SkyKiwi for posting political contentA woman is taking New Zealand’s biggest Chinese-language media site to a human rights review tribunal after she claims she was banned from…
Few know of the drawings scattered across Aotearoa, some of them dating from first arrival of humans, but iwi and scientists are working to change thatThere are two tricks to seeing Māori rock art. The first is to let your eyes slowly adjust to the bla…
New Zealand’s health services go to court over guardianship of four-month-old boy whose parents have not let heart operation go aheadNew Zealand’s health service has made a court application over the guardianship of a four-month-old baby whose parents …