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China will test NZ's fence-straddling diplomacy as never before

PM Chris Hipkins brushes the Aukus security pact away as not relevant to us because of its nuclear component, but our likely Aukus involvement relating to technology will have far-reaching consequences, argues Peter Dunne

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Mahuta's China trip a test of NZ sensitivities

The foreign minister's trip to Beijing is a chance to reaffirm the relationship, but comes with tricky topics.

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Our climate change policies are a mess

The Emissions Trading Scheme was always a neoliberal, market-based, get-out-of-jail-free plan. Time to lead the way with Tradable Energy Quotas instead, writes Pat Baskett

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Veteran scientist kicks up over climate

A knighted, nonagenarian scientist adds his voice to the call for a climate election in October.

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New Zealand's foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister will visit her counterpart in Beijing this week in the first such trip in four years

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New Zealand foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

Nanaia Mahuta says she will raise concerns over Ukraine and human rights issues as well as ways the two countries can cooperate

The Guardian - AU

Coalition creaks as New Zealand Greens watch Labour dump climate policies

Greens co-leader James Shaw says Labour shouldn’t count on its support in upcoming election amid glacial progress on emissions

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New Zealand to ban TikTok on devices with access to parliament network due to security concerns

Prime minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand operated differently from other nations

The Independent UK

New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears

New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones

The Independent UK

Auckland’s light rail stage fright

Just weeks ago, Transport Minister Michael Wood said slowing down on public transport investment was 'more wrong than it's ever been' - but Auckland Light Rail is now on a staged (delayed) track

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Nearly 50,000 New Zealand teachers strike over pay, conditions

Nearly 50,000 New Zealand teachers walked out of classrooms on Thursday, demanding better pay, conditions and resources at a time when the centre-left Labour Party of Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is trying to win back support.

Reuters

Nash's poor judgment only half the story

The Prime Minister has acted swiftly to get Stuart Nash out of the police portfolio, but he’s only dealt with half the problem, writes political editor Jo Moir

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New Zealand police minister resigns after radio gaffe

Stuart Nash has resigned as New Zealand's police minister after criticising the judiciary and asking the police commissioner to appeal a sentence.

AAP

New Zealand’s Labour coalition sees best poll result in a year after ‘policy bonfire’

Leader Chris Hipkins also surged in preferred prime minister rankings after reorientation towards ‘bread and butter issues’

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Ruthless Chris Hipkins backpedals on climate action as New Zealand elections near

Jacinda Ardern called climate change the ‘nuclear-free moment’ of her generation. Her replacement doesn’t seem so sure

AAP

Jacinda Ardern mooted for NZ foreign policy role

Jacinda Ardern may stay involved in a fight to end online extremism beyond her career in politics, according to her replacement as New Zealand prime minister.

AAP

NZ prime minister Hipkins shrugs off climate criticism

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has made $NZ1.7 billion worth of savings by taking an axe to several of predecessor Jacinda Ardern's policies.

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Labour and National scrap it out to do very little

Labour has overtaken National as the party of doing nothing. Both leaders are now in a race to do as little as possible to rock the voter boat right through until the election in October.

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New Zealand scraps transport emissions reform to fund welfare increase

Clean car upgrade scheme among measures to be cut but PM Chris Hipkins denies government is abandoning climate ambitions

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Racist and sexist attacks won't drive Mahuta out of politics

Nanaia Mahuta says she became a “lightning rod" for detractors of Three Waters. She sat down with political editor Jo Moir to explain why she will always speak out against racist and sexist attacks she is subject to.

The Guardian - AU

Cyclone aftermath offers popularity boost to new New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins as poll looms

Disaster has given opportunity to show decisive leadership but issues raised by climate change could be a political landmine

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Shock at High Court’s transport emissions ruling

Court rules a Government policy prioritising cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is simply guidance

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The public sector problems behind talk of 'consultant crackdown'

Are contractors and consultants a waste of money or a "necessary evil"?

The Independent UK

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, has died

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New Zealand opposition pledges big childcare spend-up

As New Zealand's political contest returns to normal after Cyclone Gabrielle, the opposition has pledged a major childcare spend.

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