Tag: NZ politics
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...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins defends cost-of-living record, promises more action
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has put the "bread and butter" issue of inflation at the top of...
Sepuloni’s ‘historic’ appointment symbolic for NZ, say Pacific leaders
RNZ News
Leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand's Pacific community believe the appointment of the country's first deputy prime minister of Pacific descent will bring positive...
NZ’s incoming PM Chris Hipkins singles out ‘global inflation pandemic’ as...
RNZ News
Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of Aotearoa New Zealand has signalled tackling the "inflation pandemic" will be a top priority for his cabinet's...
Carmel Sepuloni makes history as Pasifika’s first deputy PM in Aotearoa
Pacific Media Watch
A mother, daughter of a migrant and an “OG Taranaki girl” - they are some of the ways Aotearoa New Zealand's new...
Former NZ PM Helen Clark calls for rethink on political debate...
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand has become hugely polarised and it is little wonder Jacinda Ardern has decided to call it a day, says Helen...
‘The shoes needing filling are on the large side of big’...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
Well, no one saw that coming. For those in New Zealand relieved that Christmas was over because it means...
The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’
"History will judge Jacinda Ardern as a remarkable leader. She is genuinely kind and has an incredible intellect, she’s made more of a contribution...
A publisher writes on ‘the terror’ of publishing Nicky Hager
BOOK EXTRACT: By Robbie Burton
In the mid-1990s I started working with New Zealand investigative writer Nicky Hager. I have had the most singular of...
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...
Fears that NZ Parliament protest turning into political ‘free-for-all’
By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter
Misinformation researchers are concerned the protest at New Zealand' s Parliament is becoming a "free-for-all" as the idea of...
Ex-Air NZ chief Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leader
Former business executive Christopher Luxon has been voted the new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party after main rival Simon Bridges moved to...
‘We will … govern for every New Zealander’, says Labour’s Ardern
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Labour leader Jacinda Ardern received a rapturous reception when she walked on stage at the Auckland Town Hall this evening.
With...
NZ election 2020: Jacinda Ardern promised transformation — instead, the times...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
Three years ago everything felt so different. New Zealand's borders were open, no one knew what PPE stood for,...
The Daily Blog: Why we’re giving 13 NZ political parties a...
Kiwi Fair Go Debate #KiwiFairGo - tonight at 8pm.
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury of The Daily Blog
I love New Zealand's democracy. It’s representative, it allows...
Former National leader slams Key as achieving ‘nothing of significance’
Former National Party leader Don Brash has condemned the man who ousted him for the party's leadership, saying on New Zealand national radio John...