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The resignation of Jacinda Ardern as the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party was announced on 19 January 2023, at a press conference given by Ardern at the War Memorial Centre in Napier, Hawke's Bay. [1] [2] [3] Ardern, who had been in office since 2017, cited occupational burnout as the primary reason for her ...
The governor-general appoints a prime minister, like other ministerial positions, on behalf of the monarch.By the conventions of responsible government, the governor-general will call to form a government the individual most likely to receive the support, or confidence, of a majority of the elected members of parliament (MPs). [5]
The Sixth National Government is a coalition government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher Luxon, the National Party leader and prime minister, along with coalition party leaders David Seymour and Winston Peters.
Speaking to media in Auckland, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said "that means letting every vote being counted and letting people have their say and for a democracy to be heard. That's ...
[14] [15] Ahead of a scheduled press conference that was timed for two hours after the beginning of the caucus meeting, where the outcome of the election was to be announced, Labour MPs Jenny Salesa and Shanan Halbert confirmed on Twitter that Hipkins would be the new Labour leader and broke the news that Kelvin Davis would stay on as deputy ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand shared with China its concerns about rising tensions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait during a meeting on Monday between the foreign ministers of both ...
At her first press conference, after her election as leader, she said that the forthcoming election campaign would be one of "relentless positivity". [32] Immediately following her appointment, the party was inundated with donations by the public, reaching NZ$700 per minute at its peak. [69]
On 31 January 2022, Hipkins, in his capacity as minister for COVID-19 response, issued a statement that the Government had offered stranded New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis a place under the emergency allocation criteria to travel to New Zealand within a period of 14 days. However, he also claimed that Bellis had indicated that she did ...