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Race and relations with the indigenous Maori population have emerged as issues in New Zealand's election as right-wing parties likely to be pivotal in forming a government face accusations of ...
With inflation running at a brisk 6% and the official cash interest rate at its highest in 15 years, middle class New Zealanders are struggling to afford things they once took for granted. Chris ...
The following is a list of governmental and public sector scandals in New Zealand.While New Zealand generally scores very well on international indices of corruption, there have been several notable high-profile scandals including cases of cover-ups relating to politics, economics, or public sector debacles, or to the private lives of individual government representatives.
Before New Zealand becoming a British colony in 1840, politics in New Zealand was dominated by Māori chiefs as leaders of hapū and iwi, utilising Māori customs as a political system. [92] The Māori were organised into large, extended family groups known as iwi, and these iwi were further divided into smaller hapū (subtribes).
Plans by New Zealand's conservative government to roll back Maori rights reforms have revived race as a hot political issue in the Pacific nation, which was previously lauded globally for its ...
The New Zealand Government reimburses 95 Lake Alice Hospital survivors, who had part of their compensation payments deducted by legal fees in 2001. [358] 31 October — New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As part of the agreement, 99% of New Zealand exports to the GCC would become duty ...
The announcement brought to an end nearly six weeks of negotiations since New Zealand held a general election on Oct. 14. 3 New Zealand political leaders say they've reached agreement to form next ...
The 54th New Zealand Parliament is the current meeting of the legislature in New Zealand. It opened on 5 December 2023 following the 14 October 2023 general election , and will expire on or before 16 November 2026 to trigger the next election .