New Zealand needs a new vision for the social security system – not more flipflopping
Max Rashbrooke
Full Story
The fight over Māori rights – Full Story podcast
January 2024
Thousands of Māori gather to tell New Zealand’s government: you cannot marginalise us
Government accused of using fear to roll back decades of progress for Māori and ‘reinforce colonial ideologies’ at huge indigenous meeting on Saturday
December 2023
Christopher Luxon’s new coalition struggles with self-inflicted crises – but it has time to recover
Henry Cooke
New Zealand’s incoming government still has three years to show it stands for something other than clumsily undoing Labour policies
November 2023
New Zealand’s slapdash new government has no vision – only a plan to take us backwards
Lamia Imam
In the interests of advancing personal career ambitions, we will be left with fewer employment protections, a higher prison population and dismantled treaty obligations
New Zealand gets two deputy PMs after marathon coalition talks
After weeks of negotiations, incoming PM Christopher Luxon announces that populist Winston Peters and libertarian David Seymour will share deputy role
One third of New Zealanders doubtful incoming coalition can work well together, poll finds
Bumpy roads ahead: New Zealand’s incoming PM set to lead a three-headed, ‘anti-woke’ government
Final New Zealand election results show National party will need populist NZ First to govern
October 2023
Tired, broke and eager for change, New Zealand expected to shift right at coming election
If the polls are to be believed, a new political power could be running the country next week, drawing a line under the Jacinda Ardern era
August 2023
Youthquake rumbles to a stop? Support for the left falls among New Zealand’s young voters
New Zealand: ministerial scandals put Labour further behind in polls ahead of election
April 2023
New Zealand Labour tied with National in latest polls, six months out from election
Māori party likely to be kingmaker according to latest polls as countdown begins to election day
January 2023
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
November 2022
At the 2023 election New Zealand will face the starkest choice between left and right in decades
Henry Cooke
It is almost certain that a minor party from either the left or right will decide who forms Aotearoa’s next government – and they will want their voice heard
October 2022
New Zealand has just passed a law that will revolutionise workers’ rights. It probably won’t last
Henry Cooke
Will New Zealand’s opposition fall into the same tax trap as Liz Truss?
Henry Cooke
Former New Zealand PM John Key says he would have voted for Trump and Bolsonaro
New Zealand’s local elections appear to show a backlash against Ardern. The reality is more complex
Morgan Godfery
September 2022
New Zealand National party reinstates MP after inquiry clears him of bullying
Sam Uffindell had been stood down after allegations he had bullied a female housemate while at university
