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NZ’s plan to ‘welcome anyone, from anywhere, anytime’ is not a sustainable tourism policy

Attracting more Chinese tourists to New Zealand, including during the off-season, was a major part of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s trade agenda during his visit to China last week. As Tourism Minister Louise Upston put it: “we welcome anyone, from anywhere, anytime”.

The Conversation

NZ's Luxon praises Xi after rare Beijing bilateral

China President Xi Jinping has hosted New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon for the first time in Beijing for talks.

AAP

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block

Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand’s best interests.

The Conversation

How the world is reacting to Israel attacks on Iran nuclear, military sites

The Israeli military says 200 jets struck more than 100 sites across Iran in large-scale attack.

Al Jazeera

New Zealand PM to meet Xi Jinping as former leaders warn against becoming an ‘adversary’ of China

Christopher Luxon’s visit to Beijing comes as former NZ PMs warn the country must not become part of defence arrangements ‘explicitly aimed at China’

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand PM mulls privacy laws after aide ‘secretly recorded sex workers’

Deputy press chief Michael Forbes quit after also allegedly photographing women at gym but has faced no charges

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Senior aide to New Zealand prime minister resigns over secret recordings of sex workers

Christopher Luxon says Michael Forbes’ behaviour was shocking and ‘unacceptably short of the standards that I expect from our people’

The Independent UK

Resignation of PM’s press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment

The sudden resignation this week of one of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s senior press secretaries was politically embarrassing, but also raises questions about how New Zealand law operates in such cases.

The Conversation

Teenager dies after taking part in ‘dumb’ viral rugby-style tackle game

Ryan Satterthwaite, 19, died from a head injury after taking part in the “run it straight” tackle challenge

The Independent UK

Teenager’s death sparks condemnation of viral rugby-style tackle game

Ryan Satterthwaite died from a head injury

The Independent UK

10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too

Government coalition partners National and Act are at odds over proposed restrictions on social media use by New Zealanders aged 16 and under.

The Conversation

New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for children under 16

New Zealand’s bill is modelled off Australia’s landmark law to ban social media that cause uproar among tech giants

The Independent UK

New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s

The draft bill is modelled on Australian laws and would force digital platforms to verify the age of users or face heavy fines

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Trump plans $100m tariffs on movies and TV shows made overseas - here are the shows that could be impacted

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Peace in our time? Why NZ should resist Trump’s one-sided plan for Ukraine

Is it possible to reconcile increased international support for Ukraine with Donald Trump’s plan to end the war? At their recent meeting in London, Christopher Luxon and his British counterpart Keir Starmer seemed to think so.

Evening Standard

Duchess of Edinburgh attends dawn service at Hyde Park to remember brave Anzacs

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh joined Australians and New Zealanders for a dawn service at the Australian War Memorial

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Princess Royal remembers brave Anzacs in their own words at Gallipoli

Anne attended a service at Anzac Cove on the 110th anniversary of the ill-fated assault by Australian and New Zealand troops.

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The Independent UK

Princess Anne joins solemn ceremony in Turkey marking 110th anniversary of WWI battle

Britain’s Princess Anne joined a dawn ceremony near the World War I battlefields on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula to remember the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who lost their lives in an ill-fated battle 110 years ago

Evening Standard

King pays special tribute to Australian and New Zealand forces on Anzac Day

The Princess Royal will attend a dawn service for the Australian and New Zealand troops who fell in Gallipoli in north-west Turkey in 1915.

Evening Standard

Ministers looking to secure ‘long-term peace’ in Ukraine during UK talks

The Defence Secretary told the Commons that ministers and officials, including from the US and Europe, would discuss long-term peace on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Starmer praises ‘resilience’ of Ukrainians as he makes training visit

The Prime Minister said it is ‘incredibly humbling’ to see the work being done by allied nations to train Ukrainian troops.

The Independent UK

Starmer close to post-Brexit defence deal with EU after concession on fishing rights

British firms will be able to access an EU defence fund after negotiators prepared to make concessions on fishing

Evening Standard

King wears black tie in Pope’s honour as he reflects on pontiff’s legacy

Charles was pictured meeting with the prime minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon on his first engagement since the Pope’s death.

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Luxon, Starmer plan Ukraine talks on bilateral visit

New Zealand's prime minister is in London for a two-country visit taking in the United Kingdom and Turkey this week.

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