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Housing, workplace and some benefit reforms on the chopping block as centre-right National-led coalition forms governmentThe most common and cutting critique of Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government was that it couldn’t get anything done.Transport was the…
Read MoreChris 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…
Read MoreGoverning party still trails National as NZ First’s support grows, strengthening Winston Peters’ position in any rightwing coalitionSupport for Labour has registered a burst of energy in a Guardian Essential poll days before the New Zealand election – …
Read MorePotential return of Winston Peters in any National-led coalition highlights electoral system where one party can rarely govern aloneWay back in 1979, when New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins was in nappies and his likely replacement was in primary…
Read MoreLatest survey sees support for New Zealand First exceed 5% for second month as Labour falters and National remains unchanged ahead of October electionNeither a Labour nor a National coalition could form a government without the support of populist mino…
Read MorePrime minister Chris Hipkins says Labour now ‘underdogs’ as National gains ground ahead of 14 October electionNew Zealand’s Labour party is polling at its worst levels in 6 years, with prime minister Chris Hipkins saying they are now “underdogs” in the…
Read MoreBucking global trends, polls find young voter support higher for National and right coalition than Labour as election nearsWhen New Zealand’s Labour party was elected in 2017, commentators heralded the “youthquake”. Jacinda Ardern had brought a dose of…
Read MoreWith Jacinda Ardern gone, her party’s political capital has been squandered. But a turnaround is possibleIt looks like curtains for New Zealand’s Labour government.The party won its best result since 1946 just three years ago, as voters rewarded Jacind…
Read MoreAmid rising global tensions, Chinese leader tells PM, Chris Hipkins, his visit to Beijing is meaningfulXi Jinping has praised the “great importance” of China’s relationship with its “friend and partner” New Zealand, as Chris Hipkins visits Beijing to p…
Read MoreReserve aircraft flew to Manila amid reliability concerns after ex-leaders Ardern and Key suffered breakdownsThe New Zealand defence force plane ferrying the country’s prime minister to China this week has been judged so unreliable that a backup plane …
Read MoreAs the Jacindamania circus leaves town, international attention that sought to make the country a model for western liberal democracy has started to waneWhether Jacinda Ardern was baking a cake, getting turned away from a full cafe or taking her baby t…
Read MoreChris Hipkins, who is about to meet the Chinese president on a trip to Beijing for the first time, said China’s system of government is ‘a matter for them’New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins has disagreed with US President Joe Biden’s remark that …
Read MoreIn the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to those who are still salvaging their livesMy Cyclone Diary: after the flood, the dread that replaces panicOn his third attempt, previously thwarted…
Read MoreLeader Chris Hipkins also surged in preferred prime minister rankings after reorientation towards ‘bread and butter issues’New Zealand’s governing Labour coalition has pulled ahead in a new poll, putting it closer to staying in government after the upc…
Read MoreJacinda Ardern called climate change the ‘nuclear-free moment’ of her generation. Her replacement doesn’t seem so sureChris Hipkins loves to cycle.New Zealand’s newish prime minister, who stepped into the job after Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation ea…
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