カテゴリー: New Zealand politics
Anti-racism video by Marama Davidson featured chocolate labelled in te reo Māori, breaching rules against product promotionA New Zealand minister has had to revise her anti-racism social media posts featuring a popular brand of chocolate, after the pri…
PM Jacinda Ardern said caucus voted to expel Sharma over ‘repeated and calculated’ breaches of its rulesJacinda Ardern and her Labour colleagues have expelled MP Gaurav Sharma from caucus, the first time in more than a decade that the party has taken s…
The prime minister imposed peace on a party once riven by public bickering, but a rogue MP has threatened all of thatJust hours after electing Jacinda Ardern leader in 2017, an extremely bruised Labour caucus stood onstage trying to assure media the pa…
Suspension of Gaurav Sharma for party rule breaches comes after he made allegations of bullying within the partyNew Zealand’s Labour party has suspended MP Gaurav Sharma over what the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said were “repeated breaches” of cau…
Voters urged to ‘do their homework’ after Voices for Freedom reportedly suggested potential candidates hide affiliation to the group in candidate paperworkAn anti-vaccine group that was involved in the weeks-long occupation at parliament this year has …
It’s not the first push to adopt the te reo Māori name, but a petition signed by 70,000 people has given it fresh momentumWhat’s in a name? A lot, when it comes to a nation’s identity.Recognition is growing within Aotearoa New Zealand over the importan…
Centre-right National and libertarian Act could form government, according to latest survey, with Labour-Greens bloc trailing on combined 42% supportJacinda Ardern’s chances of re-election are looking shakier, with new polling indicating that New Zeala…
Sam Uffindell was asked to leave prestigious private school Kings College after taking part in a group attack on a fellow student when he was 16New Zealand’s opposition National party is standing by its newest MP, Sam Uffindell, after revelations he wa…
New Zealand opposition leader Chris Luxon might not have his opponent’s charisma – but he might not need it to win next year’s electionEarlier this year, as prices started to seriously rise and incumbent governments the world over started to tug nervou…
House speaker tells all parties not to use the app on parliamentary devices over data security fears New Zealand MPs have been warned off using TikTok, with concerns data could be accessed by the Chinese government.Last week, House speaker Trevor Malla…
New Zealand PM says Russia’s war in Ukraine is morally bankrupt but should not be seen as a conflict of democracy versus autocracyThe world is “bloody messy” but must take a step back from polarisation and black-and-white approaches to conflict, Jacind…
After an unexpected return to parliament, Te Pati Māori has grabbed headlines with its bold and uncompromising stancesRawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer sit down laughing. He holds a glass with a thick finger of whisky, she a handful of cheese st…
Co-leader Rawiri Waititi, whose party is expected to become kingmakers, accuses Act of ‘emboldening racism across the country’ through its rhetoricNew Zealand’s Māori party, Te Pati Māori, which could hold the balance of power at the next election, has…
Prime minister said it was helpful that new Australian leader had already acknowledged issues causing frictionNew Zealand will continue to push the conversation on Australia’s “problematic” deportation policy with the incoming government under Labor le…
In previous years we saw a tantalising glimpse of Grant Robertson as ‘Red Robbo’ – but moderation may win back centristsOn Thursday finance minister Grant Robertson laid out the fifth budget of his career – and easily his most conservative. It was a re…