New Zealand Articles

New Zealand has a new government under Labour prime minister Jacinda Ardern. But how will it work? Darren Hughes explains For followers of centre-left politics there has not been a lot of good news of recent times  – in terms of victories, rather than improved...

Wealth redistribution, environmental protection, and an ambitious housebuilding program look to be at the heart of Ardern's agenda for government, writes Dan Crawford It was not until the wily old performer Winston Peters started his speech in Beehive on Thursday that...

From the worst of starting points, New Zealander Jacinda Ardern could be about to cause a shock and become the world's youngest democratically-elected world leader, writes Dan Crawford Picture the scenario. An opposition Labour party sits 24 points adrift of the...

Out into the world’ was the slogan of the Brexiteers’ predecessors in the 1975 European referendum. In a similar vein, Leave campaigners in this referendum have argued that the United Kingdom’s future lies not in remaining a member of the European Union with our...