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Former NZ PM Jacinda Ardern bowed out of politics in April.

New Kiwi government wastes no time in winding back Ardern’s agenda

It took 40 days for a three-party coalition to form government in New Zealand. But now it has arrived, it’s not wasting any time in turning back the clock.

  • James Lemon

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Prime Minister-elect Chris Luxon (centre) with coalition partners, NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and ACT leader David Seymour.

It took six weeks, but NZ now has a government and two job-sharing deputies

Former Air New Zealand CEO and incoming Prime Minister Chris Luxon has done two deals to finally arrive at a three-way governing coalition.

  • Ben McKay
New Zealand National Party leader and Prime Minister elect Christopher Luxon.

Winston Peters is back, National loses ground in NZ election after final count

The centre-right National party and its preferred coalition partner have lost a preliminary parliamentary majority, setting the stage for a three-party tie-up with comeback MP Winston Peters.

  • Ben McKay
Winston Peters was Jacinda Ardern’s deputy PM in a coalition, but has now accused her office of not acting when needed.

‘Completely inaccurate’: Peters slammed after NZ terror gaffe

The 2019 attack, in which 51 worshippers were killed by Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant, is the subject of a coronial inquest which began this week.

  • Ben McKay
Prime Minister elect Christopher Luxon in AUkland on Sunday.

NZ opens door to most conservative government in decades

Voters have ousted the party once led by Jacinda Ardern and elected the country’s most right-wing government in a generation.

  • Natasha Frost
New Zealand National Party leader Chris Luxon.

Conservative leader Chris Luxon becomes NZ’s next prime minister

People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.

  • Nick Perry
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NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Opposition leader Chris Luxon on Thursday night.

Jabs and ‘low blows’: Caustic leaders’ debate marks NZ election sprint finish

The prime minister and the leader of the opposition traded insults at their final outing before the election. The spectacle may have done little to convince undecided voters.

  • Ben McKay
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters was at one time part of a coalition government with Jacinda Ardern.

‘Ned Kelly behaving badly’: Winston Peters blames Australian business for Kiwi crisis

The 78-year-old New Zealand politician has taken aim at Australia’s big four banks and major supermarkets for purportedly ripping off New Zealanders.

  • Lucy Cormack
A person casts their referendum vote during election day on October 17.

New Zealanders vote 'yes' to euthanasia, 'no' to legalising cannabis

The country held a referendum on the two contentious policies at the same time as the national parliamentary election last month.

  • James Massola
Jacinda Ardern speaks to media on her way to a meeting with her newly elected MPs at Parliament on Tuesday.

New Zealand's next Parliament is set to be the most diverse ever

"This is the most diverse parliament we have ever had in terms of gender, and minority ethnic and indigenous representation."

  • Praveen Menon

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