Tag: Christopher Luxon
NZ foreign policy critics warn over ‘inflaming’ Red Sea crisis, call...
Asia Pacific Report
A group of foreign policy critics alarmed at the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s "undemocratic decision" to step up support for US-led strikes...
NZ opposition parties urge PM Luxon to shut down ‘erase treaty’...
RNZ News
New Zealand's opposition parties have seized on a leaked ministerial memo about the coalition government's proposed Treaty Principles bill, saying the prime minister...
Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt...
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists
Pacific leaders fear they will have little or no voice in the new National-led government in...
NZ election 2023: National, ACT poised to form new government
RNZ News
Christopher Luxon and the National Party are on course to form a new government with the ACT Party in Aotearoa New Zealand, with...
NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...
ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori
National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false....
NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail...
ANALYSIS: By Maree Mahony, RNZ digital journalist
Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have faced off in a fast-paced but unspectacular debate...
NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
National says a series of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of...
Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with...
Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
When New Zealand's opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed...
Rich-lister supports NZ capital gains tax as new research opens fresh...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
One of New Zealand's wealthiest people says he supports a capital gains tax, as new research lays...
Does public safety trump free speech? History’s case for banning anti-trans...
ANALYSIS: By Bevin Veale, Massey University
The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull -- aka Posie Parker -- has put the spotlight on the tension between...
Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described today's Waitangi Day dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from...
Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Wilson, political commentator for RNZ News
Tuesday, February 7, at 2pm. That's when New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' parliamentary year...
Refusing to rule out working with Brian Tamaki, Luxon gives NZ’s...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
The final act in this week’s protest on the lawns of Parliament was the announcement by Destiny Church leader...
NZ has bigger problems than a social media post while in...
RNZ News
Opposition National Party leader Christopher Luxon says there are more important issues facing Aotearoa New Zealand than the controversy over a party social...
Nick Rockel: Why are there no rightwing comedians?
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel
You’re watching mainstream media and you hear someone articulate a clearly thought through leftwing position with the pros and cons sensibly...
Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have...
Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to...
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University
The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political...
Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay –...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
Former National MP and Justice Minister Amy Adams says opposition leader Christopher Luxon is right to rule...
Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell
In recent weeks, barely a day has gone by without Christopher Luxon demonstrating the chasm of ability that exists between the...
‘No silver bullet against omicron’ – expect big numbers, says Hipkins
RNZ News
People should do everything they can against omicron, but it is likely large numbers will be infected, New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister says.
Speaking...
Gordon Campbell: Fostering the Kiwi culture of covid complaint media
ANALYSIS: By Gordon Campbell in Wellington
Success can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t...