New Zealand politics

The women’s team used a pre-match haka to criticise the government. Team management says it was not consulted, and the Poua will apologise.

New Zealanders have lost trust in mainstream media, and are turning away from it in growing numbers, Winston Peters said. And independent studies support that.

Only 2 years after ‘a new era’ for Māori health was heralded by a split between Māori and non-Māori systems, it’s officially over.

The police minister has been a private security contractor and worked in the Middle East.

AUKUS was formed as a counterweight to Beijing’s increased military expansion in the Indo-Pacific region.

Concerns the tobacco industry is influencing policy.

Annual Rātana hui (meeting) a chance for dialogue.

Calling an MP a liar in Parliament is against Standing Orders.

The 6-page long ’mini budget' lacked detail on multiple areas.

All of New Zealand’s vocational education providers are running huge deficits.

The New Zealand government refuses to fund replacement of ageing inter-island ferry fleet, putting passengers and $15 billion worth of freight at risk.

New Zealand’s aging water infrastructure is in desperate need of upgrades.

The country is struggling to cope with new infrastructure and housing demands.

The new tri-party government has experienced two major leaks of policy plans in a week.

‘Gangs have become more violent and more present in our communities ... this needs to stop,’ NZ Police Minister Mark Mitchell wrote to the commissioner.

‘We have a system which creates broken families and turns good people into lost souls. It’s not right, and it must change,’ James Meager said.