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NZ election

October 2023

Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon greets deputy leader Nicola Willis (right) in Auckland.

NZ Labour’s rout a warning for Australia

Labour haemorrhaged votes to the left and right. It was punished by voters who believed it had spent years in government focusing on side issues.

  • Tom Rabe
National leader and New Zealand’s PM-designate Christopher Luxon after winning Saturday’s election.

Ardernism’s defeat shifts the political centre of gravity across the Tasman

The seismic upheaval in New Zealand that has paved the way for a National-led coalition follows a voter reaction against Labour’s progressive agenda.

  • The AFR View
“I’ve done a lot of mergers and acquisitions”: NZ prime minister-elect Chris Luxon in Auckland on Sunday.

Why voters ran out of patience with New Zealand’s progressive government

Six years after ‘Jacindamania’ swept New Zealand, its Labour government, hampered by the pandemic and natural disasters, ran out of time to deliver much of the progressive reform it promised.

  • Tom Rabe
Prime minister-elect Christopher Luxon in Auckland on Sunday.

Luxon vows back-to-basics government as he begins coalition talks

The PM-elect vowed to deliver on his promise of tax cuts for working New Zealanders, but will need to compromise with coalition partners on other policies.

  • Tom Rabe
Democracy sausage: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on the campaign trail.

New Zealand PM issues warning over ‘coalition of chaos’

Chris Hipkins’ Labour Party is likely to lose the election on Saturday after he took over from Jacinda Ardern who resigned in January.

  • Tom Rabe
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Why NZ’s likely new PM channels Mark McGowan

The man widely tipped to become New Zealand’s next prime minister says he’s looked to Australia to develop many of his signature policies.

  • Tom Rabe
ACT leader David Seymour said “ultimately we’re all social liberals”.

NZ’s political maverick says party has teal streak

Libertarian David Seymour’s party could prove critical in deciding the next New Zealand government after weekend elections.

  • Tom Rabe
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart Chris Hipkins in July.

New Zealand PM warns of ‘missed opportunity’ for trans-Tasman relations

Chris Hipkins believes a change in government at this weekend’s election would be a missed opportunity for trans-Tasman relations.

  • Tom Rabe
Chris Hipkins is still hoping to pull off a 1993-style “Keating-esque” surprise victory.

Hipkins hopes for ‘Keating-style’ win at NZ election

Seven years after Jacinda Ardern and her progressive brand swept to power in New Zealand, frustration over the cost of living could boot Labour from office.

  • Tom Rabe

October 2020

Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party faces greater obstacles to generating economic growth and moderating wealth inequality than when first taking power in 2017.

Why Jacinda Ardern is just like a Latin American populist

Lacking an economic recovery plan, the policies of the re-elected Prime Minister risk hurting the ordinary New Zealanders they aim to help.

  • Henry Thomson
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Why winning the election was the easy part for Ardern

Jacinda Ardern's first challenge will be how to keep a lid on unemployment and rebuild the COVID-19-shattered economy without blowing out the national debt.

  • Luke Malpass
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters may be gone from the political scene.

Kingmaker dethroned: Peters fails in NZ election

Winston Peters, who rode a small elderly constituency and populist sentiment to some of the highest offices in New Zealand, may have made his last political manoeuvre after his party was roundly rejected in the election.

  • Thomas Manch
Jacinda Ardern at an Auckland cafe the day after her big election win.

Ardern mum on Greens alliance after NZ landslide win

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will form the next government within three weeks after trouncing the conservative opposition in the election.

  • Parveen Menon
Jacinda Ardern is congratulated by her partner Clarke Gayford following her victory speech.

Ardern-slide: Labour's 'antidote to anxiety' win

Labour's Jacinda Ardern looks likely to be New Zealand's first outright majority government leader in decades after riding a wave of support for her world's-toughest lockdown response to the COVID-19 pandemic to a massive election victory.

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  • Praveen Menon
Jacinda Ardern meets supporters at Lynn Mall in Auckland.

Ardern, Collins make final pleas to voters before NZ election

'If you want pace and speed, give us a strong mandate,' Jacinda Ardern told voters on the eve of Saturday's poll.

  • Praveen Menon
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Jacinda Ardern

Ardern maintains lead in NZ election poll

All recent polls have pointed to a victory for Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party, governing in a coalition with the Greens and New Zealand First.

  • Praveen Menon

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