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Christopher Luxon’s new coalition struggles with self-inflicted crises – but it has time to recover | Henry Cooke
New Zealand’s incoming government still has three years to show it stands for something other than clumsily un…
- Asia Pacific, Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand, New Zealand election 2023, New Zealand politics
Some of Jacinda Ardern’s legacy in New Zealand is safe. A lot of it isn’t | Henry Cooke
Housing, workplace and some benefit reforms on the chopping block as centre-right National-led coalition forms…
- Asia Pacific, Chris Hipkins, New Zealand, New Zealand election 2023, New Zealand politics, Winston Peters
How a politician most people won’t vote for could shape the New Zealand government | Henry Cooke
Potential return of Winston Peters in any National-led coalition highlights electoral system where one party c…
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New Zealand’s Labour party is stumbling towards defeat – a scare campaign could save them | Henry Cooke
With Jacinda Ardern gone, her party’s political capital has been squandered. But a turnaround is possibleIt lo…
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The New Zealand PM’s ancient plane is embarrassing – but an upgrade risks too much of a backlash | Henry Cooke
We have important Pacific relationships to maintain, which commercial flights cannot service, but spending mon…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Environment, Greenhouse gas emissions, New Zealand
Is driving on the left stopping New Zealand reaching its climate goals? | Henry Cooke
The country depends overwhelmingly on secondhand cars from Japan, which makes barely any electric vehiclesNew …
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Ruthless Chris Hipkins backpedals on climate action as New Zealand elections near | Henry Cooke
Jacinda Ardern called climate change the ‘nuclear-free moment’ of her generation. Her replacement doesn’t seem…
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Hipkins is unlikely to reach heights of Jacindamania, and that may suit New Zealanders
Chris Hipkins promises a ‘solid’ government that will focus on bread-and-butter issues, in the wake of the int…
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A royal commission gives New Zealand a chance to reckon with what Covid did to us | Henry Cooke
New Zealand needs a robust debate about the success of its elimination strategy in 2020, and the messy failure…
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New Zealand’s supreme court has forced voting age on to agenda, exposing absurd arguments for status quo | Henry Cooke
The newly empowered supreme court has blown up the long-running debate on youth voting, but parliament has shr…
- Asia Pacific, Christopher Luxon, Jacinda Ardern, National party, New Zealand, New Zealand politics, World news
Will New Zealand’s opposition fall into the same tax trap as Liz Truss? | Henry Cooke
New Zealand and the UK both have top tax rates that raise little revenue but lie as potent political traps for…
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From minister to lobbyist in three months: New Zealand needs to do better on transparency
The rules should not allow an MP to be reading cabinet papers in July and then lobbying former colleagues in O…
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Is this when New Zealand breaks up with the monarchy? Don’t count on it | Henry Cooke
Republicans may think the Queen’s death means their moment has arrived, but they can’t just rely on New Zealan…
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Blunt, passionate and sometimes reckless, New Zealand’s newest ambassador has rarely been diplomatic | Henry Cooke
Freshly appointed envoy to Ireland Trevor Mallard did much good in his time in parliament, but never shied fro…
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Jacinda Ardern’s iron grip on New Zealand’s Labour party is slipping … and that means trouble
The prime minister imposed peace on a party once riven by public bickering, but a rogue MP has threatened all …