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Meka Whaitiri breaks silence on defection

Labour’s Māori caucus MPs have invited Meka Whaitiri to meet with them at Parliament this week. The former Labour minister intends to make a personal statement in the House on Tuesday from Te Pāti Māori’s front bench seat, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Countries that could END their time in Commonwealth and cut King Charles ties - full list

The British crown now officially rules over 15 "Commonwealth realms" and many of them are rethinking relationships with the Crown and reckoning with colonialism’s bloody past

Daily Mirror

Budget plea to Grant Robertson to return NZ economy's focus to wellbeing

Wellbeing Economy Alliance co-founder Katherine Trebeck is to meet with finance minister before the Budget – and says her message won't be diplomatic. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Australia, NZ mark King Charles' coronation with 21-gun salutes

Australia and New Zealand on Sunday celebrated the coronation of King Charles III with 21-gun salutes in their capitals, after the countries' leaders, both republicans, attended the coronation ceremony in London.

Reuters

King Charles mingles with world leaders ahead of historic Coronation

Flanked by his closest family, the monarch hosted a Buckingham Palace lunch for prime ministers and governors general of the 14 other British realms

Daily Mirror

King hosts overseas heads of states at Buckingham Palace on coronation eve

The reception was the last of several events hosted by the royals on Friday.

The Independent UK

Lula meeting tops off day of coronation diplomacy for Sunak

Climate change, trade and sporting rivalry topped the agenda at his meetings with world leaders.

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King greets realm prime ministers and governors general for lunch

Charles later attended a Commonwealth Heads of Government leaders meeting.

The Independent UK

King joins special lunch for realm prime ministers and governors general

The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence were also at the event.

The Independent UK

Leaders of Australia, New Zealand and Qatar visit No 10 for meetings with Sunak

Rishi Sunak had a busy schedule of diplomatic engagements as world leaders flew in for the coronation.

The Independent UK

Republican leaders of Australia and NZ to pledge allegiance to king

The leaders of Australia and New Zealand will pledge their allegiance to King Charles at his coronation in London on Saturday even though both are life-long republicans who do not shy away from making their positions clear.

Reuters

UK, New Zealand, Australia tout trade before Charles’s coronation

UK’s free trade deals with Australia and New Zealand will enter force on May 31.

Al Jazeera

Britain to start free trade with New Zealand and Australia

Britain’s free trade agreements with New Zealand and Australia will come into force by the end of this month

The Independent UK

Logged toff: Māori artist’s web plugin replaces king’s coronation with Indigenous news

Hāmiora Bailey says wall to wall Charles III coverage is unappealing to Indigenous people and has devised a solution

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MSD offers abuse victims 'full and final' settlement, despite Royal Commission report

Lawyer says victims of state abuse are waiving their legal rights if they sign, which may include access to other forms of redress that become available, reports Aaron Smale

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Labour's assumption – a mistake it won't make again

The Labour Party assumed Meka Whaitiri was on their team for the October election and by the time a colleague asked, she’d already decided to jump ship, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Mahuta avoids Aukus: 'Independence should not be confused with isolation'

Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta's latest foreign policy speech was light on truly new diplomatic insights, but did give a sense of the pressure being felt by the Government around Aukus discussions

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PM pulls out of toasting Chinese business

Hipkins has withdrawn as guest speaker at a gala dinner next week hosted by a business group founded by ex-National MP and Chinese spy school lecturer Jian Yang and presented by a major Chinese liquor brand.

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy denies ordering Moscow drone strike on Putin – as it happened

Ukrainian president says ‘we fight on our territory’ after Kremlin reports a drone attack in the Russian capital

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand Labour minister suddenly defects to Māori party

Meka Whaitiri says she will join an ‘unapologetic Māori political movement’ to stand in the upcoming general election

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'I have spoken my truth': Whaitiri quits Labour for Te Pāti Māori

Labour minister Meka Whaitiri says she has taken the difficult but “right decision” to cross the floor to join Te Pāti Māori in a shock move five months out from the election.

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PM dodges questions over elderly living in poverty

Though no political leader will commit to means-testing superannuation as it would amount to political-suicide, there’s an argument to be made for doing so for the winter energy payment

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand will ‘ideally’ become a republic one day, says Chris Hipkins

Ahead of King Charles III’s coronation, prime minister voices support for separating from monarchy but says it is not a priority

The Independent UK

New Zealand leader says he favors nation becoming a republic

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he personally favors his country becoming a republic but it's not a change he intends to push for as leader

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