New Zealand politics
New Zealand’s Labour coalition sees best poll result in a year after ‘policy bonfire’
Leader Chris Hipkins also surged in preferred prime minister rankings after reorientation towards ‘bread and butter issues’
Tess McClure in Auckland
14, Mar, 2023 @2:33 AM
Ruthless Chris Hipkins backpedals on climate action as New Zealand elections near | Henry Cooke
Jacinda Ardern called climate change the ‘nuclear-free moment’ of her generation. Her replacement doesn’t seem so sure
Henry Cooke
14, Mar, 2023 @1:38 AM
New Zealand scraps transport emissions reform to fund welfare increase
Clean car upgrade scheme among measures to be cut but PM Chris Hipkins denies government is abandoning climate ambitions
Tess McClure in Auckland
13, Mar, 2023 @4:58 AM
Cyclone aftermath offers popularity boost to new New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins as poll looms
Disaster has given opportunity to show decisive leadership but issues raised by climate change could be a political landmine
Tess McClure in Coromandel
10, Mar, 2023 @7:00 PM
Sex worker, survivor, Māori TV star: world’s first transgender MP remembered as trailblazer
Georgina Beyer was a formidable force for New Zealand’s rainbow community, pushing reforms on sex work and civil unions
Tess McClure in Auckland
07, Mar, 2023 @2:09 AM
New Zealand government under fire after shelving Christchurch hate speech reforms
Prime minister Chris Hipkins has said his government will refocus on economic issues, after dropping laws put forward after terror attack
Tess McClure in Auckland
09, Feb, 2023 @12:59 AM
Jacinda Ardern’s successor makes a big strategic retreat
As prime minister, Chris Hipkins is cutting back on policy initiatives, but doing so leaves space in the public debate for other parties to fill
Henry Cooke
08, Feb, 2023 @4:52 AM
Waitangi Day celebrations struggle to mute politics in heated election year
Questions of sovereignty, inequality and New Zealand history hang in the background as political speeches foreshadow a future in which relationship with Māori plays a central role
Tess McClure
06, Feb, 2023 @1:27 AM
New Zealand’s Labour party sees boost in polls after Ardern resignation
Polls conducted after Chris Hipkins became prime minister have given New Zealand’s governing party its best result in a year
Tess McClure in Auckland
31, Jan, 2023 @12:54 AM
Abuse, death threats and riots: New Zealand reckons with a toxic political discourse
Jacinda Ardern became a lightning rod for threats during the pandemic years, but has it changed New Zealand’s relatively civil political landscape forever?
Tess McClure in Auckland
27, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM
‘Her tears were real’: survivors of Christchurch attack weigh up Jacinda Ardern’s legacy
Ardern’s response to the shooting at two mosques is considered by many to be the defining moment in her time as New Zealand prime minister
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
25, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM
Selfies, sendoffs and star power as Jacinda Ardern has her last day in the sun
New Zealand is still deciding what her political legacy will look like, but the crowds at her last engagement gave the sense of the end of an era
Tess McClure in Rātana
25, Jan, 2023 @3:00 AM
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