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Voting opens in New Zealand for November 7 election

Party leaders have cast advance ballots in New Zealand's November 7 election but Kiwis won't know their government for weeks, if not months.

AAP · 12h ago

New Zealand Labour in damage control over gang ties

New Zealand's Labour leader Chris Hipkins has decried "an element of racism" behind a renewed election campaign focus on gang associations.

AAP · Oct 23

Inflation below forecast but still hot in New Zealand

Inflation at 3.7 per cent means all eyes are on the Reserve Bank, which meets next week, to see if it will raise rates a week out from New Zealand's election.

AAP · Oct 21

Hipkins edges first New Zealand election debate

The two candidates to be New Zealand's prime minister after the November 7 election have sparred on the cost of living, tax plans and more.

AAP · Oct 6

Greens surge in tightest NZ election for decades

New Zealand's two biggest political parties have held campaign-starting rallies but it was the Greens that launched in a key poll.

AAP · Sep 28

Luxon survives. But why do National and Labour both struggle with effective leadership?

Christopher Luxon has survived a confidence vote in caucus – his second within five months – and remains prime minister.

The Conversation · Aug 12

New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon wins confidence vote, surviving second challenge to leadership

Just a few months ahead of an election, the prime minister said he had the full support of his party, after calling crisis meeting to address leadership speculation

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12

Luxon’s leadership on the line – again. Neither National nor Labour stand to benefit

Whatever happens at tomorrow morning’s urgent caucus meeting to address speculation about his leadership, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has had a very bad few days already.

The Conversation · Aug 11

PM Modi holds talks with New Zealand's opposition leader

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with New Zealand Opposition Leader Chris Hipkins. They discussed strengthening bilateral relations and people-to-people ties. This meeting occurred during Modi's final leg of a three-nation visit. India and New Zealand elevated their ties to a strategic partnership.

The Economic Times · Jul 11

As NZ’s Chris Hipkins pursues power, what can he learn from Keir Starmer’s downfall?

When Keir Starmer stepped down as British prime minister this week, it said as much about his troubled premiership as it did about a crisis facing other social-democratic Labour parties.

The Conversation · Jun 25