New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins recently conducted an official state visit to China, marking his first visit since assuming office earlier this year. During the trip, several economic and trade agreements were signed between the two nations. Notably, Hipkins expressed a differing viewpoint from Joe Biden’s characterization of Xi Jinping as a “dictator,” which had strained... 

The Prime Minister of Australia and the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand have taken contrary positions over proposed legislation which will bar “refugees” in New Zealand from automatically qualifying for entry to Australia—as is currently the case for all NZ residents. According to reports, New Zealand’s deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters—whose father was a Maori and his mother Scottish—said... 

A coalition of anti-establishment politicians and internet freedom advocates led by entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, who promised to shake up New Zealand politics, suffered a humiliating defeat at the country’s parliamentary elections. The Internet-Mana party gained just 26,500 votes, 1.3 percent of the total, and short of the five percent needed to cross the parliament threshold. With half the parliament... 

Pacific Islander and Maori youths are forming gangs in schools and have been identified by the Gold Coast City Council as an emerging social problem. Large populations of New Zealanders and Polynesians have migrated to the northern end of the Gold Coast, forcing a re-think of the city’s social inclusion program. Tweed Heads resident Jack Berryman, a Maori heavily involved with local Waitangi...