New Zealand

Chris Hipkins stated his support of republicanism, but also said he wasn't interested in pushing the republic debate onto New Zealanders.

Hipkins has less than nine months before a general election, which may be difficult for the sitting government.

The deepening of India-New Zealand after a lull in relations is important both in bilateral terms and also within the wider regional context.

The New Zealand prime minister's visit to Japan was a strategic move to reconnect with a close partner to deal with expanding security issues in the Indo-Pacific region. 

As the recent U.S.-New Zealand joint statement makes clear, the values aspect in New Zealand’s diplomacy remains a priority in its Pacific diplomacy. 

Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand’s foreign minister, has come under increasing pressure as the geopolitical “Great Game” escalates in the Pacific.

After living mostly COVID-free throughout the pandemic, New Zealand has hit its worst point since April 2020. 

Ardern said it was clear that the immigration laws of the 1970s were designed to specifically target Pasifika people, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands. 

New research links the Maori people to possibly discovering Antarctica long before Europeans and Americans.

In the final quarter of 2020, 40 percent of all property sales in New Zealand were to people who owned multiple properties already.

Although the report identifies lapses, it concludes that there was no plausible way the gunman’s plans could have been detected "except by chance."