Bob Carr and New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister have ratcheted up their clash over AUKUS, as the former premier and foreign minister threatens legal action over a comment. Amid discussions New Zealand may play a part in AUKUS Pillar 2 – which Mr Carr strongly opposes – Winston Peters madeContinue Reading
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had to endure protesters picketing outside the venue where she will wed partner Clarke Gayford. The anti-vaccination protesters gathered outside elite vineyard Craggy Range in Havelock North on Saturday, hoping to make a statement hours before the pair are arrived. A loneContinue Reading
New Zealand has left the door open to becoming involved in AUKUS after new leader Christopher Luxon signalled the nation’s nuclear ban was no stumbling block to military co-operation. Mr Luxon met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his first official trip abroad on Wednesday. The Kiwi leader described theContinue Reading
Cold medications containing pseudoephedrine will again be sold over-the-counter in New Zealand, as the country’s newly formed government overturns the ban as part of “long overdue” health reforms. New Zealand’s incoming conservative Prime Minister announced on Thursday that an agreement to form a three-party coalition government had been reached, 40Continue Reading
New Zealand’s former prime minister has copped criticism over a bizarre election-night celebration that has been labelled by some as “just wrong” and “ridiculous”. The Nationals Party secured a resounding victory at the New Zealand general election on Saturday, nine months after the resignation of Jacinda Ardern. To celebrate theContinue Reading
New Zealand will see a change of government after the National Party clinched an election win over Labour. National Party leader Christopher Luxon, 53, will move from being a first-term MP to prime minister. His win comes on the back of campaigning on tax breaks and being tougher on crime.Continue Reading
The mother of an 11-year-old boy who suffered such a severe reaction to his Covid vaccine that he was sent home from hospital with highly addictive painkillers including oxycodone has slammed the “disgusting” treatment of her family by the government. Alex, who asked not to use her real name toContinue Reading
New Zealand’s Prime Minister has pushed back on calls for compensation for people who were mandated out of their jobs or suffered a Covid vaccine injury, insisting there was “no compulsory vaccination” and that “people made their own choices”. Speaking at a press conference in Auckland on Sunday, Chris HipkinsContinue Reading
Barnaby Joyce may be all for making New Zealand the seventh Australian state, but there is very little interest in the idea from his counterparts across the ditch. The trans-Tasman debate has reignited after the Nationals MP echoed the idea posed by outgoing New Zealand MP Jamie Strange in hisContinue Reading
Leadership and training were the key areas Wallabies coach Eddie Jones wanted long-time rival Steve Hansen to look at but declared his World Cup involvement was more like “a mate having a beer”. Legendary All Blacks coach Hansen sent New Zealand into a spin when it was revealed he’d beenContinue Reading