Books & arts
17 April 2025
What can colonial portraits tell us about the past?
International
18 October 2023
Saturday’s result looks like a return to pre-Ardern, pre-Covid politics
Books & arts
4 July 2023
Historian Ruth Ross, the Waitangi Treaty and historical mythmaking are the subjects of a provocative account of New Zealand’s founding document that throws light on Australian…
Books & arts
30 November 2020
Books | The links have been quietly developing for decades, but there’s still much more Australia can learn from its nearest eastern neighbour
International
19 October 2020
Armed with a historic mandate, can Jacinda Ardern bring about the change she promised in 2017?
National affairs
6 November 2017
Malcolm Turnbull could have responded in any of three ways to New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees. Either of the two alternatives he rejected would have been more just and…
International
18 September 2017
New Zealanders vote this weekend in the country’s most remarkable election in decades. How has the campaign unfolded, and what’s likely to happen afterwards?
National affairs
8 December 2016
Does New Zealand have a simple recipe for political success?
International
6 December 2016
With an election due in a year, the National government faces the challenge of life without leader John Key
International
26 June 2016
Fiji’s PM says his government has introduced genuine democracy, lifted social equity, countered corruption and calmed ethnic divisions. Jon Fraenkel assesses the…
National affairs
6 May 2016
The Turnbull government says it won’t allow refugees to be resettled in New Zealand because it’s the “back door” to Australia. Its argument rests on a…
National affairs
22 February 2016
New Zealanders living in Australia have been given a new way of becoming citizens. But as Peter Mares reports, only some of them stand to benefit
National affairs
24 December 2015
Australia has passed up the option of settling offshore refugees in New Zealand, writes Peter Mares
National affairs
11 November 2015
New Zealand’s economic performance only looks good if the past few years are taken completely out of context, writes John Quiggin
International
28 August 2015
With the Pacific Islands Forum meeting soon in Port Moresby, many island leaders are expressing frustration at Australia’s climate policies, writes Nic Maclellan
International
25 May 2015
The NZ government sees economic as well as social benefits in breaking cycles of poverty and imprisonment. Although the policy has its critics, it’s worth watching, writes…
23 September 2014
Or is it more a case of the declining left? Jennifer Curtin looks at the evidence from Saturday’s poll
Books & arts
8 May 2014
David Pearson reviews a careful but challenging account of New Zealand’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers
National affairs
9 April 2014
New Zealand has reacted to proposed changes to Australian social security law by raising discrimination concerns with Canberra, writes Peter Mares
7 November 2013
With the next general election just a year away, New Zealand’s political landscape is subject to unpredictable tremors, writes Peter Mares from Wellington
National affairs
21 August 2013
Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey think that New Zealand’s economic policies have worked well. They’re wrong, writes John Quiggin
Essays & reportage
21 June 2013
Despite the lack of boat arrivals, New Zealand has introduced new laws to deal with irregular migrants arriving by sea. Could it be that the New Zealand government is afraid that…
30 November 2011
Norm Kelly in Wellington analyses the National Party’s election win
3 March 2011
Disunited, the Maori Party risks losing identity and support, writes Norm Kelly in Wellington
7 July 2010
New Zealand’s new emissions trading scheme is far from ideal, but at least it’s a first step, writes Norm Kelly
Books & arts
16 June 2010
CINEMA | More from the Sydney Film Festival with Sylvia Lawson
International
29 October 2009
Taito Phillip Field’s jailing on corruption charges highlights the need for a more transparent process of ministerial discretion, writes Norm Kelly
International
7 September 2009
When is a rort a rort? The debate has spread to New Zealand, reports Norm Kelly
International
28 July 2009
A vote on whether parents can smack children has exposed the contradictions in New Zealand’s system of citizens-initiated referendums, writes Norm Kelly
International
30 June 2009
New Zealand’s National Party government has lost its first minister, while Labour easily retained Helen Clark’s old seat, writes Norm Kelly