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Maori leaders have described the New Zealand government as "the enemy" during annual celebrations at Ratana.

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has given his first press conference for the year as his government confronts criticism from Maoridom.

New Zealand's National party has shed a number of its election promises as it negotiated a coalition agreement with the ACT and NZ First parties.

It might have taken six weeks to decide the shape of New Zealand’s next government (or three if you count from the final results), but in the end that is the nature of proportional representation. Compromise, trade-offs and haggling are the price of an MMP electoral system designed to avoid…

Winston Peters is an establishment pick as New Zealand's foreign minister, but increasingly sympathises with views well outside the mainstream on other issues.

After six weeks of post-election negotiations, New Zealanders have learned the make-up and the policy agenda of their next government.

The three party leaders involved in New Zealand's next government have concluded negotiations and are set to sign a coalition agreement.

ACT leader David Seymour or NZ First's Winston Peters will become New Zealand's deputy prime minister after National deputy Nicola Willis ruled herself out.

Hold-up in coalition government talks is likely because NZ First doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of coalitions of the past