投稿者: Eleanor Ainge Roy in Auckland
Election results expected to come out quickly, with many advance votes already castNew Zealanders are heading to the polls today in a general election that could see the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, strengthen her left-of-centre hold on government o…
PM’s management of pandemic and ‘politics of kindness’ place her well ahead for Saturday’s voteIt’s been called the Covid election, with stability the order of the day.But it has turned into the weirdest general election campaign New Zealanders have ev…
With media outlets unable to publish anything that may influence voters, politicians get creative about how to get their face on TVOn election day in New Zealand there will be no billboards, no walkabouts or last-minute exit polls. That’s because the e…
Leader says she will resign if not re-elected but polls show Labour 15 points aheadJacinda Ardern has dominated the final leaders’ debate before New Zealand goes to the polls on Saturday, appearing confident and prime ministerial as she took on a subdu…
Leader says she will resign if not re-elected but polls show Labour 15 points aheadJacinda Ardern has dominated the final leaders’ debate before New Zealand goes to the polls on Saturday, appearing confident and prime ministerial as she took on a subdu…
PM’s ‘strength and sanity’ praised in profile ahead of anniversary of Christchurch massacreJacinda Ardern has appeared on the cover of Time magazine ahead of the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings, in which 51 people were killed by a gunm…
As her murderer is sentenced to life in prison, the British backpacker’s family say they are ‘broken’ by the horrific crime that shook New Zealand Detective Inspector Scott Beard, who led the the inquiry into the murder of British backpacker Grace Mill…
Man, who has name suppression, to spend at least 17 years in prison after murder of British backpacker that shocked New ZealandThe New Zealand man found guilty of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane has been sentenced to life in prison with a mi…
A jury in Auckland has decided a 27-year-old, whose name has been suppressed, knowingly killed the British touristA 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of Grace Millane, a British backpacker who disappeared a year ago in Auckland after …
Judge tells jury that to return a verdict of murder they must be sure the accused intentionally killed Millane by strangling herJustice Simon Moore has summed up in the murder trial of Grace Millane in Auckland’s high court, telling the jury that while…
Defence closes with experts discussing how BDSM practices have become more mainstream and socially acceptableThe defence has finished laying out its case in the Grace Millane murder trial, putting forward an expert in modern sexual practices who told t…
Expert for defence says no sign of violence on Millane’s body though some bruising consistent with being restrainedDefence lawyers for the New Zealand man accused of murdering Grace Millane have told a jury the accused had no motive to murder her, that…
Suspect gave police several accounts of the days following her death that were contradicted by CCTV footageThe jury in the Grace Millane trial has seen confronting CCTV footage of the man accused of her murder wheeling a luggage trolley bearing two sui…
UK backpacker died from pressure to neck as police interview reveals suspect initially claimed he said goodbye to her in Auckland city centreGrace Millane died from prolonged pressure to the neck, which took place during sex, a forensic pathologist has…
Forensic evidence shows ‘extremely strong scientific support’ that blood in CityLife hotel room was Millane’s Forensic scientists have given evidence at the murder trial of Grace Millane in Auckland’s high court, and said the blood found in the accused…