Phillip Mehrtens, who has been held hostage since February, makes the claim in a new video released by the separatist groupRebels in Indonesia’s Papua region have threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot being held hostage if countries do not comply wit…
続きを読むRecord-breaking rainfall hit Auckland in January, only to be followed by Cyclone Gabrielle ravaging the North Island in FebruaryThe New Zealand government is allocating NZ$1.1bn to help communities recover from Cyclone Gabrielle and flooding.The funds …
続きを読むIncluding ministers outside cabinet, there are now more women in country’s executive than menNew Zealand has reached gender equity in its government cabinet for the first time in its history.The country had elected its most diverse parliament ever unde…
続きを読むWe can all learn from an episode in which one MP allegedly called another a ‘crybaby’ and parliamentary TV caught the reactionsIt has been described as “everyone’s worst nightmare” and a “wrong group-chat horror”, which you might think a bit melodramat…
続きを読むFormer New Zealand prime minister will push initiative she created in wake of 2019 terrorist attackFormer New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern will take on a new role working alongside international governments and social media companies to target…
続きを読むNanaia Mahuta says she will raise concerns over Ukraine and human rights issues as well as ways the two countries can cooperateNew Zealand’s foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, will leave for China on Tuesday in the first visit to Beijing by a New Zealand…
続きを読むGreens co-leader James Shaw says Labour shouldn’t count on its support in upcoming election amid glacial progress on emissionsSpeaking to a room full of supporters in downtown Auckland on Sunday, New Zealand climate minister James Shaw’s frustration ha…
続きを読むLeader 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…
続きを読むJacinda 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…
続きを読むClean car upgrade scheme among measures to be cut but PM Chris Hipkins denies government is abandoning climate ambitionsNew Zealand’s government is dumping a range of high-profile reforms and emissions reduction measures as part of its promise to refoc…
続きを読むDisaster has given opportunity to show decisive leadership but issues raised by climate change could be a political landmineOn the lawn of a suburban home in Coromandel, the prime minister’s dress shoes have been scuffed ochre by a softened bed of clay…
続きを読むGeorgina Beyer was a formidable force for New Zealand’s rainbow community, pushing reforms on sex work and civil unionsBelieved to be the world’s first transgender person to become a member of parliament, Georgina Beyer is remembered in New Zealand for…
続きを読むThe former actor, drag performer, sex worker and radio host pulled off a surprise victory as a Labour MP and later played a pivotal role in decriminalising prostitutionFormer New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has led tributes to Georgina Beyer, th…
続きを読むQuestions of sovereignty, inequality and New Zealand history hang in the background as political speeches foreshadow a future in which relationship with Māori plays a central roleAt the estuary bridge connecting Waitangi’s treaty grounds to its townshi…
続きを読むNew Zealand is still deciding what her political legacy will look like, but the crowds at her last engagement gave the sense of the end of an eraFrom the moment of her arrival, Jacinda Ardern is surrounded by a crush of people: hundreds gather to ask f…
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