California, New Zealand announce climate change partnership The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change The Independent UK · May 27, 2022
New Zealand leader plans to discuss contested Indo-Pacific with Biden on Tuesday New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House next Tuesday, when she expects to discuss increasing competition in the Indo-Pacific, trade and the U.S. economic role in the region. Reuters · May 26, 2022
New Zealand PM warns of disinformation during Harvard speech New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Harvard University gradates that the flood of disinformation spread and amplified on social media represents a threat to fragile democracies The Independent UK · May 26, 2022
New Zealand’s Ardern urges US to return to regional trade pact Remarks are latest signal by an Asia-Pacific leader that US President Biden’s engagement with region is falling short. Al Jazeera · May 26, 2022
Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand ‘ready to respond’ to Pacific’s security needs as China seeks deal in region Prime minister says ‘the Pacific is our home’ as Beijing plans a regional security pact with almost a dozen island nations The Guardian - AU · May 25, 2022
New Zealand leader urges U.S. to return to regional trade pact New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday the United States should return to a regional trade pact it quit in 2017 if it wanted to engage economically with the Indo-Pacific region. Reuters · May 25, 2022
How world leaders are reacting to the Uvalde school shooting Officials around the world are responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest such incident to take place in the U.S. in nearly a decade. WEKU · May 25, 2022
Capitol Lens | Business time - Roll Call Kia ora! New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with a bipartisan group of senators in today‘s Capitol Lens. Roll Call · May 25, 2022
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern responds to Texas school shooting Prime minister says after 2019 Christchurch massacre, country made a ‘pragmatic’ decision to get guns off streets: ‘We saw something that wasn’t right and we acted’ The Guardian - AU · May 25, 2022
Ardern cautious on China's Pacific tour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is casting an eye back towards the Pacific as she continues a trip in the US to promote New Zealand's post-pandemic reopening. AAP · May 24, 2022
New Zealand has just joined an overtly anti-China alliance – are the economic risks worth it? The uncertainty over whether Jacinda Ardern might land a White House meeting and photo opportunity with US President Joe Biden was perhaps fitting, given the lack of clarity about one of their main topics of discussion. The Conversation · May 24, 2022
New Zealand will push Anthony Albanese on ‘501’ deportation policy, Jacinda Ardern says Prime minister said it was helpful that new Australian leader had already acknowledged issues causing friction The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2022
Ardern to US, but no Biden visit secured New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern is making her second overseas trip in a month, heading to the United States with a business delegation. AAP · May 22, 2022
New Zealand PM Ardern to visit U.S. to boost exports, lure tourists New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit the United States this week in a bid to boost exports and lure more tourists as the Pacific nation looks to fully reopen its border after more than two years of restrictions. Reuters · May 22, 2022
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022 World leaders respond to Anthony Albanese’s Australian election victory Pacific leaders welcome Labor’s plan for action on climate while one French minister says defeat of Scott Morrison ‘suits me very well’
Tribune News Service · May 22, 2022 NZ’s Ardern congratulates Australia’s Albanese on election win New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday congratulated Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party on winning the Australian Federal election.
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 Jacinda Ardern says she’s lost all sense of taste after contracting Covid and misses flavour of cheese rolls As a tradition Ardern shares cheese rolls with the finance minister for breakfast on Budget day
The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022 Poorest New Zealanders lose out to ‘squeezed middle’ in budget, inequality experts say Government says child poverty is easing in all areas but those on the ground say the dial has barely shifted in the past five years
The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022 Jacinda Ardern loses sense of taste after contracting Covid, and can’t enjoy cheese roll New Zealand PM remains in isolation but tried to uphold budget breakfast tradition with finance minister via Instagram
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight 'inflation storm' New Zealand’s government says it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to more than 2 million lower-income adults to help them navigate what it describes as “the peak of the global inflation storm.”
The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022 New Zealand budget 2022: Ardern offers $1bn in sweeteners to tackle cost of living ‘storm’ PM says budget, which includes major spending on climate and health care reform, aims to ensure long term ‘economic and social security’
AAP · May 18, 2022 Health, climate to feature in NZ budget New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson will deliver the fifth budget of Jacinda Ardern's two-term government on Thursday.
AAP · May 17, 2022 New Zealand set for climate election fight New Zealand's opposition National party has attacked Jacinda Ardern's emissions reduction plan as "mush" and "plans to have other plans".
Reuters · May 16, 2022 Alarmed by Solomon Islands-China pact, NZ finds its voice on security New Zealand has long been seen as the moderate, even absent, voice on China in the "Five Eyes" western alliance, so much so that its commitment to the group was questioned just 12 months ago.
The Independent UK · May 16, 2022 New Zealand to help pay for cleaner cars to reduce emissions New Zealand will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old gas guzzlers and replace them with cleaner hybrid or electric cars as part of a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions