Tag: Christopher Luxon
NZ abuse in care apology called PR stunt,’tokenistic’ by some survivors
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter
Survivors of abuse in care arrived at Parliament today to hear the formal apology from the state which...
PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland.
He was holding a press conference...
PM Luxon talks doubling RSE in PNG – plane breakdown almost...
RNZ Pacific
The leaders of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand have discussed a refreshed partnership that could boost the number of places for short-term...
NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby
PNG Post-Courier
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will stop over in Port Moresby today for a quick bilateral with Prime Minister James Marape before...
NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters
RNZ News
New Zealand will make its annual payment of $1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as scheduled.
Foreign Affairs Minister...
NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News reporter, in Niue
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants New Zealand to be a partner of choice in the...
Luxon’s Niue visit demonstrates NZ ‘commitment to development’
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's trip to Niue holds "profound significance", the Niuean government says.
Luxon heads to Niue today and then to...
Palestine protesters condemn Google, demand NZ action over Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestinian protesters today condemned Google for sacking protesting staff and demanded that the New Zealand government immediately "cut ties with Israeli genocide".
Wearing...
End this ‘cruel, barbaric use of force’ on Gaza – WILPF...
Asia Pacific Report
The Aotearoa chapter of the Women's International league for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) has appealed to the New Zealand government to call...
Huge NZ Pasifika ministry cuts – ‘first steps toward abolition?’ asks...
RNZ Pacific
Opposition MPs and unions are criticising a proposal by New Zealand's Ministry of Pacific Peoples to cut staff by 40 percent.
The country's largest...
‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally
Asia Pacific Report
About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli's genocidal war on Gaza today took part in a...
TVNZ plans to axe Fair Go, Sunday, midday and night news...
RNZ News
Television New Zealand is proposing to axe its long-running and award-winning current affairs programme Sunday, hosted by veteran broadcaster Miriama Kamo.
It is part...
PM Luxon leaves Big Gay Out abruptly after heated Gaza war...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon abruptly left the Big Gay Out festival in Auckland's Point Chevalier today after being confronted by Gaza...
John Minto: Why are Israeli attacks on UNRWA so much more...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Unfortunately there was no discussion of foreign policy during Aotearoa New Zealand's general election last year. Aside from the odd obligatory...
Israeli offensive in Rafah ‘not a way forward’ for Gaza, says...
RNZ News
With an "appalling" loss of life unfolding in Gaza, it's essential Israel halts plans for an assault on the city of Rafah, Prime...
Waitangi Day 2024: Dawn service turns to unity, love and togetherness
RNZ News
Thousands of people gathered before dawn in the Bay of Islands today to commemorate Aotearoa New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi amid heightened tensions...
Waitangi Day 2024: NZ government denies it’s ‘delegitimising’ Māori
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand coalition government leaders have rejected allegations they are degrading tino rangatiratanga, saying the proposed Treaty Principles Bill will not "delegitimise"...
Waitangi: Luxon faces questions after day of speeches at Treaty Grounds
RNZ News
The crowd booed a combative Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and drowned out Associate Treaty Minister David Seymour, while Prime Minister Christopher Luxon...
Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former...
Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who led the UN Development Programme which oversees UNRWA, told RNZ Morning Report today it...
‘Holding world to ransom,’ claims NZ defence minister over Yemen action
RNZ News
New Zealand's defence minister has defended a decision to send six NZ Defence Force staff to the Middle East to help "take out"...
Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been warned that Māori will not sit by without a fight if the government attempts to...
Former Pacific minister ‘lights fire of spirit’ supporting Māori at unity...
By Ruci Farrell of Pacific Media Network
Pacific peoples joined with tangata whenua at the weekend, calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to uphold...