Tag: Labour Party
He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’
ANALYSIS: By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News political reporter
It was supposed to chart a new way forward but He Puapua, a report on how the...
Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University
Jacinda Ardern’s new “covid cabinet” is pretty much the same as — and completely unlike — every previous...
Ardern springs surprise with Mahuta now in charge of ‘Pacific reset’
By Jane Patterson, RNZ Political Editor
The bolt out of the blue in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's new cabinet is Nanaia Mahuta as...
NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’
By RNZ News
Green Party delegates have voted to accept a deal with Labour which will give it two ministerial portfolios outside of cabinet in...
Stay out of cabinet – be independent, former MP tells Greens
By RNZ News
Former Green Party MP Keith Locke says his contemporaries should stay out of the New Zealand cabinet in order to remain critical...
With a mandate to govern NZ alone, Labour must now decide...
ANALYSIS: By David Hall, Auckland University of Technology
A pandemic can change the foundations of a society. But if this happens in New Zealand over...
Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away...
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz
There is a mood circulating among some New Zealand circles that it would end badly for the Green...
Māori Party heading back to NZ’s Parliament after electorate win
By RNZ News
The Māori Party looks set to secure a place back in New Zealand's Parliament after three years out in the cold.
Rawiri Waititi...
One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Māori at the same...
RNZ's Meriana Johnsen speaks to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori chair Rawinia Higgins as part of the Māori Language Moment.
By Meriana Johnsen,...
Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic...
By Richard Shaw, of Massey University
Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid...
Colin Peacock: New era heralded in broadcasting – or more of...
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ's Mediawatch
The allocation of $15 million for public broadcasting will be split between RNZ, New Zealand on Air and...
The Daily Blog: Jacinda’s Waitangi Day 2018 aroha creating a Māori...
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Waitangi Day 2018 smells different doesn’t it?
It tastes different too.
No bitter "Māori privilege" nonsense from Don...
Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent
OPINION: By Murray Horton, of the Aotearoa Independence Movement
Jacinda Ardern, we have some suggestions for when you go as New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister...
Goodbye Maggie baggage – RIP neo-liberalism in NZ: 1984–2017
OPINION: By Frank Macskasy
Winston Peters has called it: NZ First is going into coalition with Labour-Greens.
In reality, it was the only decision he...
NZ’s Peters opts for coalition with Labour-Green in government
Jacinda Ardern's speech in full after being named next New Zealand prime minister. Video: Guardian Wires
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Queenmaker Winston Peters ended almost three...
Keep your ‘green pledges’, NZ ecology groups warn key political leaders
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A "supergroup" of New Zealand environmental organisations has sent an open letter to the leaders of four key political parties, warning...
NZ’s election 2017 winners, losers and the biggest issues
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
In 2014, New Zealanders shrugged off dirty politics and mass surveillance lies and then voted National...
West Papua ignored by most NZ major political parties’ election policies
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
On the eve of New Zealand’s 2017 general election, Pacific Media Watch reports on whether West Papua features in the human...
Labour MP blames Māori Party for NZ ‘inequality’ as National’s partners
By Philip Cass in Auckland
Mangere Labour MP Aupito William Sio has hit out at claims by Tongan Māori Party candidate Manase Lua that Labour...
Jane Kelsey: Labour and the TPPA – time to come clean...
ANALYSIS: By Professor Jane Kelsey
It is now certain that any decisions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the US will...
NZ’s Labour Party needs to ‘reach back into Pacific community’, says...
Tagata Pasifika's first election talanoa ... Labour must engage Pacific voters. Video: Tagata Pasifika
Tagata Pasifika has kicked off its election talanoa series with a...
Climate change ‘defining issue for the world’, says Labour MP
Hele Ikimotu checks out Auckland responses to climate change in a vox pops video.
By Hele Ikimotu in Auckland
Pasifika youth should be more engaged with...