Tag: Labour Party

COMMENTARY: By Saige England I cast my vote. Did it today. And I resisted the temptation to dance around the voting floor yelling the rebel...

Justice for Palestine Vote for the three progressive parties -- Labour, Green and Te Pāti Māori -- in next month's general election if you want...

Asia Pacific Report Labour will recognise Palestine, put in place economic sanctions on Israel, and join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific The Labour Party is promising visa-free travel to Aotearoa New Zealand for Pacific Islanders. Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni said Pacific...

Asia Pacific Report Four opposition party spokespeople today condemned the New Zealand coalition government’s Palestine policies and called on voters to oust it and elect...

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he does not support the United States and Israel's strikes on Iran. He disagrees with Prime...

Novara Media In a spectacular triumph, Britain's Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton byelection in Greater Manchester. Local plumber Hannah Spencer has now become...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon faced sustained heckling and had to fend off questions about a revived...

COMMENTARY: By Bryce Edwards Yesterday’s victory of “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in the race for the New York mayoralty is fuelling debate among progressives around...

COMMENTARY: By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor It was hardly a dream debut for Labour's long-awaited, much-argued-over tax package for Aotearoa New Zealand. What...

ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free champion in the 1980s, and challenged...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A new poll by the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union shows that almost half of respondents oppose the Cook Islands...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Foreign Minister...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager At this year's May graduation ceremony, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University's Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, was awarded...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in...

By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter A petition urging the New Zealand government to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people has been...

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...

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...

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has announced its shadow cabinet to face off against the conservative coalition government. The party endorsed Chris Hipkins as...

ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne While the tide well and truly went out on Labour on election night in Aotearoa New Zealand,...

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...