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Economy behind NZ PM Luxon's 10-month election call

New Zealanders already know their election date - November 7 - when the economy should determine whether Chris Luxon's right-wing coalition gets a second term.

AAP · Jan 25

The ‘Good Luck’ New Zealand Keepsake That Helped Rory McIlroy Win Masters

Driving down Magnolia Lane each day en route to winning the Masters, McIlroy held a gift he received playing with fellow Tour pro Ryan Fox and the former prime minister of New Zealand.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 6, 2025

Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks

Winston Peters turns a venerable 80 on April 11, but he showed no sign of retiring as New Zealand’s archetypal populist during his recent state of the nation speech. He especially enjoyed the hecklers, gleefully telling them one by one to get out.

The Conversation · Apr 8, 2025

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For roughly $30,000, this company gives you a 98% chance of getting into Harvard and the Ivy League

College is already expensive, and Crimson Education believes paying extra for top-notch admissions help is worth it.

Fortune · Dec 21, 2024

Knowing superstitions aren’t real doesn’t stop us behaving superstitiously – why?

Former New Zealand prime minister John Key has three white rabbits painted on his helicopter, a nod to his “massively superstitious” habit of repeating “white rabbits” three times at the start of every month.

The Conversation · Nov 21, 2024

NZ's coalition in poll control but Luxon doubts linger

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon hopes tough economic times - which he blames Labour for - are behind his government's lack of a polling honeymoon.

AAP · Oct 14, 2024

Luxon struggling to win over Kiwis in tough NZ times

As New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon visits Austalia this week, it's clear that back home he is battling to win the affections of Kiwis.

AAP · Aug 15, 2024

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New Zealand PM grounded again as defence force fleet flies into trouble

Defence force aircraft draws fresh criticism as Christopher Luxon joins Ardern and Key in list of leaders held up by ageing planes

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2024

Psuedoephedrine cold and flu drugs coming back in NZ

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he's a fan of pseudoephedrine-enhanced cold and flu drugs and wants them back on pharmacy shelves.

AAP · Feb 19, 2024

Prime Manager Luxon shows corporate style in NZ top job

Prime Minister Chris Luxon's managerial persona - including plans, KPIs and corporate-babble - is setting the tone for his New Zealand government.

AAP · Feb 16, 2024

Waitangi flashpoint arrives for NZ's Luxon government

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for NZ's national day as the government is interrogated over policy for Maori.

AAP · Feb 4, 2024

Luxon lauded as National's poll messiah after NZ win

He's a teetotaller who wakes at 4:30am each morning and writes emails in blue comic sans font. And soon, he'll be the New Zealand Prime Minister.

AAP · Oct 15, 2023

Kiwis mull change options in last week of NZ election

Labour will up its attacks in the final three weeks of the New Zealand election, a contest which is centre-right National's to lose.

AAP · Oct 8, 2023

After the election, Christopher Luxon’s real test could come from his right – not the left

Christopher Luxon is no slouch on the dance floor, it seems. As his wife Amanda told the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the two prepared for their university ball with a ballroom dancing class.

The Conversation · Sep 12, 2023

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The Conversation · Jul 2, 2023

India could soon be the world’s third biggest economy – NZ needs to build the trade relationship urgently

India’s economy has emerged as a bright spot in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently the fifth largest global economy, it is predicted to become the third largest by 2030.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

New Zealand leader's plane so prone to breakdowns he takes a backup on China trip

The United States has Air Force One

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

Eleanor Catton: ‘I felt so much doubt after winning the Booker’

In 2013, at 28, Eleanor Catton became the youngest ever Booker winner with The Luminaries. She talks about adapting the novel for screen, being shut out of her native New Zealand and why it has taken 10 years to write a follow-up

Bangkok Post · Feb 15, 2023

Quitting what you're doing while still on top

Last month, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's 42-year-old prime minister, resigned from office, despite the support of a solid parliamentary majority and no challenge to her leadership from within her party. New Zealanders have to go back only six years to find a precedent. In 2016, John Key surprised everyone when,…

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 19, 2023

In five momentous years Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most important postwar prime minister

Ardern proved she was more than a happy face as she confronted Covid, terrorism, the climate crisis and more

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2022

Prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Sanna Marin deny meeting because they’re ‘both women of a similar age’

The two world leaders rejected the claim

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2022

At the 2023 election New Zealand will face the starkest choice between left and right in decades

It is almost certain that a minor party from either the left or right will decide who forms Aotearoa’s next government – and they will want their voice heard

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2022

New Zealand has just passed a law that will revolutionise workers’ rights. It probably won’t last

Jacinda Ardern’s government has radically expanded unions’ collective bargaining power. But if she goes at the next election, so will this legislation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2022

Former New Zealand PM John Key says he would have voted for Trump and Bolsonaro

Influential National party figure said he had never voted ‘anything other than right’, but that some on the right were ‘getting pretty crazy’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022

New Zealand’s local elections appear to show a backlash against Ardern. The reality is more complex

Many cities chose conservative candidates but the results were less about national trends than local conditions

The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2022

Is this when New Zealand breaks up with the monarchy? Don’t count on it

Republicans may think the Queen’s death means their moment has arrived, but they can’t just rely on New Zealanders’ appetite for reform

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