Henry Cooke
Henry Cooke is chief political reporter with Stuff. He is based in the NZ Parliament press gallery in Wellington.
Analysis
Bills
Jacinda Ardern finds it’s not easy being green when petrol prices soar
She promised a carbon zero future, but New Zealand’s Prime Minister has agreed to cut fuel taxes as the price at the pump shot up to $NZ3 a litre.
- by Henry Cooke
Latest
New Zealand border reopening earlier than previously expected: Jacinda Ardern
In a move that aligns with many Australian states’ school holidays, New Zealand’s border will open to vaccinated Australian tourists from April 12.
- by Henry Cooke
Ardern readies Kiwis for COVID normal as case peak looms within weeks
The Prime Minister told protesters outside the Parliament that measures would not be lifting because of their actions, but because the need for them was passing.
- by Henry Cooke
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
No going back on Jacinda Ardern’s Fortress New Zealand exit strategy
The isolation required as New Zealand reopens make clear who this is for: the thousands of Kiwis who moved to Australia expecting they could always go home.
- by Henry Cooke
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
New Zealand to reopen borders starting at the end of February
Tourists from Australia cannot enter until July, and travellers from the rest of the world will be kept out for another eight months, until October.
- by Henry Cooke
The World ahead: the crucial challenges on every continent in 2022
This decade shows no sign of calming down yet. From vaccination to elections to the Olympics, our correspondents highlight the big news issues of the year.
- by Chris Barrett, Latika Bourke, Eryk Bagshaw, Farrah Tomazin, Henry Cooke, Michelle Griffin and Lia Timson
Analysis
World politics
‘I’m not John Key’: Ex-Air NZ boss the latest opposition leader to face Ardern
Chris Luxon may be the answer National has been looking for all along to take on the likeable NZ Prime Minister, but he’s hedging his bets.
- by Henry Cooke
‘Critical we pull our weight’: Ardern commits NZ to halve emissions by 2030
Two-thirds of the reduction could come from purchasing offshore climate offsets or other global reductions New Zealand purchases, rather than a domestic cut.
- by Henry Cooke and Mandy Te
Analysis
Glasgow summit
Jacinda Ardern’s climate summit problem is the opposite of Scott Morrison’s
Why is Ardern, who called climate change the nuclear-free issue of her generation, not making the trip to Glasgow?
- by Henry Cooke
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Jacinda Ardern gives up on COVID-zero
New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination dream is dead. The government must now motivate more people to vaccinate.
- by Henry Cooke
NZ modelling suggests 7000 COVID deaths a year without restrictions
That’s even if 75 per cent of the population is vaccinated. But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says last year’s predictions were worse.
- by Henry Cooke
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