Business Nov 20, 2020
Japan and New Zealand press for open markets to boost recovery
Japan and 14 other Asian neighbors Sunday signed the world’s largest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Asia Pacific / Politics Nov 16, 2020
With progressive politics on march in New Zealand, Maori minister blazes new trails
by Damien Cave
Nanaia Mahuta's excitement reflects a global desire among progressives for a shift away from the chauvinist, right-wing populism that has shaped the past four years in some countries.
World / Politics Nov 2, 2020
Diverse New Zealand Cabinet includes tattooed Maori foreign minister and gay deputy PM
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she called an "incredibly diverse" Cabinet Monday that includes New Zealand's first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister with a Maori facial tattoo. The center-left leader revamped her ministerial line-up in the wake of a landslide ...
Commentary / World Oct 21, 2020
Jacinda Ardern landslide is a vote for COVID-19 competence
by David Fickling
Shutting down New Zealand's economy at a time when there’d been just 102 cases was a political gamble, but one that’s paid off.
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Oct 19, 2020
Jacinda Ardern’s stunning election victory holds lessons for U.S.
by Matthew Brockett and Ainsley Thomson
Ardern’s message of empathy and kindness contrasts starkly with the divisive politics in the U.S. as Donald Trump and Joe Biden face off.
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Oct 18, 2020
Pandemic biggest hurdle for New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern after 'tectonic' election
Jacinda Ardern's landslide election win gives her a mandate for the transformational change she has been promising New Zealand for three years, but the COVID-19 pandemic may limit what she can actually do. The prime minister's signature achievement in all but eliminating the new coronavirus ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Oct 18, 2020
New Zealand's victorious Jacinda Ardern vows to deliver reform
After facing criticism since winning office in 2017 for not delivering on key promises, Ardern said she now had a mandate for change.
Asia Pacific / Politics Oct 18, 2020
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern storms to historic election win after crushing COVID-19
by Tracy Withers and Ainsley Thomson
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern swept to an historic election victory and said she will use her mandate to rebuild an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic and tackle social inequality. Ardern’s Labour Party secured the first outright majority in Parliament since the introduction ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 17, 2020
New Zealand leader delays election to October as coronavirus returns
Ardern said the change meant all parties would be campaigning under the same conditions and she would not move the date again regardless of the situation.
Asia Pacific Aug 14, 2020
New Zealand reports more COVID-19 cases and extends Auckland lockdown
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in the country's biggest city on Friday in response to the first national coronavirus outbreak in months, sticking with a "go early, go hard" approach she said has proven effective. Ardern said genomic testing has shown ...
Asia Pacific Aug 13, 2020
New Zealand scrambles to trace cluster, reporting 14 new coronavirus cases
New Zealand officials continued to investigate the source of an outbreak of the coronavirus Thursday, reporting 14 new cases the same day as long queues of people formed to escape a renewed lockdown in the country's biggest city or be tested for the virus. The ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand locks down Auckland after first virus cases in months
New Zealand reported its first local cases of the coronavirus in more than 100 days and put its largest city Auckland into lockdown to prevent another outbreak. Authorities have detected four cases of COVID-19 in one household from an unknown source, and contact tracing is ...