カテゴリー: New Zealand politics
Australia to send delegation to NZ ‘very shortly’ to brief on second pillar of Aukus alliance after ministers meet in MelbourneNew Zealand has stepped up its interest in joining the non-nuclear pillar of Aukus, amid China’s growing presence in the Paci…
Māori leaders and others are expected to attend a rare national meeting due to concerns about the new government’s policies on indigenous rightsAn estimated 3,000 Māori leaders, tribal representatives and a number of politicians are expected to meet th…
Labour party couldn’t ‘sell’ the tax in the last election but the policy won’t fade away as global concern over wealth inequality deepensLicking its wounds from October’s election defeat, the New Zealand Labour party faces an internal struggle over a q…
At the opening of parliament, lawmakers for New Zealand’s Māori party used a word for Charles that can also be used to describe skin conditionsMāori party MPs have departed from the traditional oath of allegiance to King Charles III at the opening of N…
New Zealand’s incoming government still has three years to show it stands for something other than clumsily undoing Labour policiesNew jobs are always hard, but most people get a day or two to find out just how bad they are going to be. As Christopher …
Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that provide for MāoriMore than 180 years after Māori leaders gathered near the banks of the Waitangi River to sign the treaty that became New Zealan…
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of livesNew Zealand’s new government will scrap the country’s world-leading law to ban smoking for future generations to help pay for tax cuts – a m…
After weeks of negotiations, incoming PM Christopher Luxon announces that populist Winston Peters and libertarian David Seymour will share deputy roleNearly six weeks after New Zealand’s general election, the incoming prime minister, National’s Christo…
Incoming PM Christopher Luxon must bring together the libertarian Act party and populist New Zealand First, parties that have major differences One month on from New Zealand’s general election, the country is still waiting for three parties to reach an…
Centre-right party loses two seats in final tally and will need to rely on traditional partner Act as well as NZ First to form coalitionAfter weeks of political limbo, the final results of New Zealand’s election have been released showing the centre-ri…
Centre-right party ousted Labour in election but outstanding votes will determine if National needs populist party NZ First to governNew Zealand could be stuck in political limbo for weeks as the newly elected National party waits to see if it can gove…
The party’s supporters feel like it got a kicking from everyone. After a dire result, analysts pointed to its inability to meet its lofty aspirationsIt was an assessment with a distinctly New Zealand flavour. “At the end of the day, there’s one unavoid…
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…
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…
Polls indicate NZ First may hold balance of power as major parties warn of ‘chaos’ or a fresh vote should Peters wield such influenceRead all our coverage of the New Zealand 2023 electionAhead of New Zealand’s election, no politician has capitalised so…