A Royal New Zealand Navy transit through the Taiwan Strait underscores a big shift in foreign policy under Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Twelve Maori male elders chose Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki,a Maori culture expert,ahead of her older brothers to succeed her father,Kiingi Tuheitia.
The PM says he won’t reverse a directive that lowers the threshold for deporting foreign-born criminals even if they have little connection to their home country.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined with his New Zealand and Canada counterparts to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters is facing calls to step down after he attacked Bob Carr for calling AUKUS “fragrant,methane-wrapped bullshit”.
NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon “couldn’t live in his place”,Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja said at an event on the lawn of Premier House.
“There is simply nowhere else for civilians to go,” Anthony Albanese said in a joint statement with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
After a summer of protest at the coalition government’s plans,which many see as rolling back Maori rights,expectations of a tense atmosphere were realised.
King Tuheitia issued a rare royal proclamation for a large gathering of Maori and non-Maori people to push back on new coalition policies they see as a threat.
It took 40 days for a three-party coalition to form government in New Zealand. But now it has arrived,it’s not wasting any time in turning back the clock.