As economic stagnation meets constitutional discord, the remote archipelago faces fundamental questions about its future as a ...

Jim Bolger, who served from 1990 to 1997, inherited an economic crisis and launched reforms to tackle inflation, deficit, and debt.

Former Waitangi Tribunal chairperson Sir Eddie Durie joined dozens of other tribunal members to commemorate its creation.

The ratification by more than 60 states, the minimum required to turn the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (better known as the High Seas Treaty) into law, means it will enter ...

Parliament's petitions committee hears many requests, but not many ask to edit part of the constitution. This week MPs heard from Alistair Reese, along with some heavyweight supporters, about a ...

2025 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner Ross Calman says the goal of his award-winning book is to have the Treaty of Waitangi celebrated as a wonderful and unique part of Aotearoa by future ...

After three years of talks, and despite growing warnings about the dangers of plastics pollution, nations are at an impasse again over what to do about it. By Hiroko Tabuchi Negotiations over the ...

Shana Clarke is a freelance journalist, specializing in wine, sake, and travel. She holds a Level 3 Advanced Certification from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust and is a Certified Sake Sommelier.

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks Thursday over a protest haka they performed against a contentious bill in Parliament last year. The lawmakers drew ...

UPDATE: On June 5, New Zealand lawmakers voted to enforce record suspensions of Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and two of her colleagues over their haka protest. Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ...

New Zealand’s prime minister tells us how he’s rebalancing the country’s economy, dealing with the Trump administration and moving on from the controversy over the Treaty of Waitangi In 2023, New ...