New Zealand

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The Prime Minister of New Zealand is putting forward a motion to declare a climate emergency on Wednesday. If passed, New Zealand would join countries like Canada, France and Britain in similar efforts on tackling climate change.

It is hard to overstate just how much control Ardern has over New Zealand’s 53rd parliament. Even before special votes are counted, the parliamentary arithmetic renders National, ACT and the Māori Party virtually irrelevant.

New Zealand residents cannot have been in a COVID-19 hot spot for at least 14 days in order to avoid quarantining when arriving in Australia.

New Zealand’s crises have arisen with almost Shakespearean qualities, prophesied in Hamlet: ‘When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.’

It’s not Tesla’s “world wireless system,” but it just might make long-distance wireless power a commercial reality in the not-too-distant future.

The key difference is that New Zealand committed relatively early to a clearly articulated elimination strategy and pursued it aggressively.

Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll – which had support for the Labour Party at 60.9% and for National at 25.1% – suggests the team is not looking that strong at all. Nor will it be having much to say […]

This is not just another leadership spill, coup or change. In fact, nothing about this is routine.

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

Australia has made leaps and bounds in trying to make amends for the mistreatment of Indigenous people, with an ongoing reconciliation process. But it still makes sense for Australia to look to NZ for inspiration in other ways to challenge potentially racist views that are deeply entrenched in our society, consciously and subconsciously.

New Zealand’s 2020 budget will be one of the most significant in the country’s history. Whatever its content, it will be remembered alongside those of 1938 and 1991 as a pivotal event. For any minister of finance, the stakes have never been higher and the problems facing the country never more dire. Over a few […]

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed what level two restrictions would look like for the country ahead of a Cabinet meeting on Monday.