Winston Peters

New Zealand’s Auditor-General has questioned the way a $24 million contract was handled after it was written in to the coalition agreement.

After firing a missile to within 700 kilometres of French Polynesia, Beijing has now invited a delegation from the small Pacific nation on a state visit.

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters has condemned Russia’s ‘delinquency’ while blaming both Israel and Hamas for the Gaza war.

The Pacific Island of Bougainville continues its push for independence.

New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed that the Pacific Islands Forum has been targeted by what it calls a ’malicious cyber attack.’

The French Government has agreed to a Pacific Islands Forum delegation visiting its troubled territory of New Caledonia, after initial problems agreeing terms.

Winston Peters has maintained his scepticism of the climate change consensus at the Pacific Island Forum also attended by the UN secretary-general.

Pacific leaders had planned a fact-finding mission to New Caledonia but say they were obstructed by France, which the French Ambassador denies.

As government leaders and Māori meet, anger and resentment about a proposal to possibly change the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi boils over.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister underscores the balancing act of navigating between its economic ties with China and its alliances with Western democracies.

The inquiry into how NZ handled the pandemic will enter a second phase, causing NZ First to invoke an ‘agree to disagree’ clause in the coalition agreement.

Community safety will over-ride connection to Australia as the primary consideration when deciding whether to deport people convicted of offences.

An estimated 2,000 people remain buried under tonnes of rubble, with continuing instability hampering recovery efforts.

Both the Australian and New Zealand Defence Force are on their way to New Caledonia to rescue people trapped there by days of bloody violence.

Winston Peters has condemned a speech by a Māori Party MP that claimed the government intended to ‘exterminate Māori.’

A war of words has erupted between a former Australian foreign minister and New Zealand’s deputy prime minister about AUKUS.

Bob Carr says he will sue Winston Peters over remarks he made on radio in a dispute over AUKUS.

‘I’ve seen that sort of philosophy before. I saw it in Nazi Germany. We all did. We’ve seen it elsewhere around the world in the horrors of history.’

The haka encouraged people to ‘never fold and never bend’ or be ‘puppets of this redneck government,’ raising the ire of Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.

The NZ Hurricanes Poua Woman’s rugby team has used a pre-match haka to again challenge the government, after management warned them over an earlier incident.