Tag: NZ politics

Why has any discussion about Israel, its violations of international law, and the international legal expectations for third party states to hold IDF soldiers...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 Party leader Don Brash has condemned the man who ousted him for the party's leadership, saying on New Zealand national radio John...