Conditions hinder communications from towns believed to have been inundated by waves as New Zealand sends first surveillance flightA thick blanket of ash from a huge undersea volcanic eruption has covered the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, contaminati…
Jacinda Ardern needs to speak out on Aukus – her tacit approval allows a dangerous military build-up | Bryce Edwards
New Zealand’s prime minister has essentially turned a blind eye to the pact – she knows taking the moral high ground leads to punishmentNew Zealand defence hawks reacted to the announcement of the anglophone security pact Aukus this month by complainin…
Jacinda Ardern looks to life beyond lockdowns with 90% vaccination target
News that jabs may soon be approved for children could allow New Zealand to achieve milestone, experts say, but equality in access must be improvedSee all our coronavirus coverageJacinda Ardern wants to make New Zealand a world leader in Covid vaccinat…
New Zealand stabbings: officials tried for years to deport terrorist prior to Auckland attack, Jacinda Ardern says
Jacinda Ardern says ‘every legal avenue’ was used to detain Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen until his refugee status was resolvedNew Zealand had tried for years to deport the terrorist who stabbed shoppers in an Auckland supermarket on Friday before be…
Ardern’s Covid lockdown finds favour as New Zealand watches Sydney’s Delta disaster
Asked what she would say to people who questioned the need for a level 4 lockdown, the prime minister responded with one word: ‘Australia’See all our coronavirus coverageTo overseas eyes, going into national lockdown over a single case should have been…
New Zealand reports four new Covid cases on first morning of snap lockdown
Jacinda Ardern confirms that original infection in 58-year-old man is the Delta variantNew Zealand has announced four new cases of Covid-19 overnight – including a nurse at Auckland hospital – in the country’s first community outbreak in months.The cou…
Pacific Islands Forum: climate crisis and old rows surface as leaders meet screen-to-screen
A Zoom meeting of prime ministers and presidents was never going to be a particularly smooth affairThere was what looked like a virtual walkout, veiled criticism of certain nations, a video address from the US president and of course, technical issues:…