Wang meets New Zealand counterpart, beginning trip that also includes Australia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his New Zealand counterpart yesterday, as China’s most senior diplomat began a tour of the country and Australia. Deputy

New Zealand women win Oceania to qualify for Paris Olympics

New Zealand will compete in the women’s football tournament at the Paris Olympic Games after beating the Solomon Islands 11-1 in the final of the Oceania qualifying

New Zealand says it will contemplate sharing military tech with US, Britain

New Zealand said yesterday it will contemplate sharing advanced military technologies with the United States and Britain as it pursues closer defense ties with Australia amid

Luxon sworn in as prime minister, says priority is to improve economy

Christopher Luxon was sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister yesterday and said his top priority was to improve the economy. The 53-year-old former businessman

New government promises tax cuts, more police and less bureaucracy

New Zealanders can expect tax cuts, more police on the streets and less government bureaucracy, according to the three leaders who signed an agreement last week to

Defeated PM Hipkins will remain leader of Labour Party

Defeated New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said yesterday he will continue to lead his liberal Labour Party — for now, at least — despite its

Immigration hits an all-time high as movement surges following pandemic lull

New Zealand’s immigration numbers have hit an all-time high, enabling employers to fill jobs but also putting pressure on the housing market, according to economists. The

Tourists received no safety warnings before volcano eruption killed 22, prosecutor says

Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a

New Zealand’s economy dips into recession as higher interest rates bite

New Zealand’s economy has dipped into recession as higher interest rates take their toll, new figures released yesterday show. Gross domestic product fell by 0.1%

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who led her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be temporarily joining Harvard University later this year, Kennedy School

Australians and New Zealanders recall war dead on Anzac Day

Hundreds of thousands of Australians gathered at dawn services and veterans’ street marches across the nation yesterday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day as recent

Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65

Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died yesterday at the age of 65.

Japan, NZ to speed up intel sharing pact amid China concerns

The foreign ministers of Japan and New Zealand agreed to speed up talks on an intelligence sharing pact as the two island nations vowed to strengthen security ties

Three dead, one missing as rain pounds Auckland

Authorities said over the weekend that three people had died and at least one was missing after record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing

Premier Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said yesterday that she would leave

Russia may again block Antarctic marine protections

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica’s pristine waters. Conservationists say new marine protected areas and

Women lawmakers outnumber men for first time

For the first time in New Zealand’s history, a majority of lawmakers are women. Soraya Peke-Mason from the liberal Labour Party was sworn in to

Government proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers

  The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly

PM Ardern to visit counterpart Albanese in Sydney

Australia's new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held face-to-face meetings with the leaders of the United States, India, Japan and Indonesia during his hectic two weeks

New Zealand | Ardern signals harsher stance on vaccine protest

New Zealand’s prime minister yesterday said protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates were using “intimidation and harassment,” as authorities appeared to take a harsher stance toward the convoy of

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