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Australia prime minister to attend NATO summit in July

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend the NATO summit in July, his office said on Friday, days after his New Zealand counterpart, Chris Hipkins, confirmed his attendance.

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Australia to make citizenship easier for New Zealanders

A policy tweak set in train by former New Zealander leader Jacinda Ardern after talks with Anthony Albanese will improve pathways to Australian citizenship.

AAP

Three Waters: The little town that said 'no' to a $2.4m no-strings windfall

When local authorities are under financial strain by the Government's own admission, Waimate is the only council in the country to stand on its principles and refuse the Three Waters sweetener. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Kieran McAnulty - Eketāhuna's straight-shooting MP

Kieran McAnulty has come a long way since his self-confessed “pretty disappointing” Wairarapa result at the 2014 election. Political editor Jo Moir looks at the Labour MP’s road from TAB bookie to Cabinet minister.

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Australia and New Zealand armies expand their military co-operation with Plan Anzac, sharing intelligence and technology

The new "Plan Anzac" cooperation agreement will allow both armies to share operational intelligence and technology as New Zealand's new PM prepares to meet Anthony Albanese in Australia.

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New Zealand PM Hipkins to attend NATO summit, Australia considering

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Tuesday he would attend the upcoming NATO summit in July, while Australia's leader said he was still considering whether to travel.

Reuters

Albanese to meet NZ counterpart Hipkins in Brisbane

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to announce changes to Australia's treatment of New Zealanders when he meets Kiwi PM Chris Hipkins.

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Anti-Aukus feeling growing at home

A public debate is needed before New Zealand moves ahead with any efforts to join the controversial security deal, groups say.

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An empty school and a policy half full

If an education policy drops in a school, and only three pupils are there to see it, did it make a sound? Tim Murphy watches the PM on a school holidays visit to the classroom.

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Luxon frustrated by sidelined start to NZ election year

Six months out from the NZ election, opposition leader and alternative prime minister Chris Luxon admits he has work to do for Kiwis to get to know him.

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Kieran McAnulty’s four gaffes

Chris Hipkins has admitted the Government didn't communicate the reasons for its Three Waters reforms well enough – but new minister Kieran McAnulty's arguments also failed the watertightness test, argues Jonathan Milne.

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Ratepayers pay more for water so councillors can sit at the table

Opinion: Chris Hipkins and Kieran McAnulty must be wondering how they’ve ended up selling a worse version of Three Waters, that is less affordable, all so a few extra councillors can sit at the table when decisions are made, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Water reforms cost more than money – there's a cost to community cohesion

Another day, another Three Waters announcement. A generation on from the Mangawhai fiasco, NZ is dithering over fixes to rundown drinking water and wastewater plants and pipes – everybody wants control, nobody wants the bill. But one way or the other, we'll all pay.

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NZ PM Hipkins throws Ardern's water policy on bonfire

Jacinda Ardern's water infrastructure reforms are the latest policy to be axed by her successor as New Zealand prime minister, Chris Hipkins.

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New Zealand Labour tied with National in latest polls, six months out from election

Māori party likely to be kingmaker according to latest polls as countdown begins to election day

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New Zealand draws closer to NATO as PM mulls summit

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pulled New Zealand closer to the orbit of the US-backed military alliance NATO.

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The growing importance of Nato-NZ ties in 'less predictable' world

Nato's policy planning chief says China poses a "systemic challenge" to the global order, and is among the reasons why the alliance is focusing more closely on the Indo-Pacific.

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Covid 'normal' in the eye of the beholder

Covid-19 may have been the sixth leading cause of death in New Zealand last year, justifying an ongoing cautious approach to the virus through winter.

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New Zealand makes history with gender parity in cabinet

‘Clearly, it is nice to have a cabinet that reflects the New Zealand population’

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Women reach parity with men in New Zealand cabinet

Women now hold an equal number of cabinet positions to men in the New Zealand government, reaching a milestone that the country's prime minister has welcomed.

The Guardian - AU

‘A very welcome thing’: New Zealand cabinet reaches gender parity for first time

Including ministers outside cabinet, there are now more women in country’s executive than men

AAP

New Zealand retains COVID-19 isolation

New Zealand has reviewed its COVID-19 pandemic settings, deciding after a "difficult balancing act" to hold onto the seven-day self-isolation period.

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Political relationships have become 'polarised', says PM

Chris Hipkins is frustrated that political disagreement has got personal. He explained to political editor Jo Moir that smokefree laws are partly to blame.

AAP

Kiwi Aussies benefit from 2023 vote change

The NZ Electoral Commission is urging overseas-based Kiwis - including the estimated 700,000 in Australia - to sort their electoral status.

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Calls to scrap what's left of speed limit reduction work

Personnel and cash are still being thrown into speed limit reduction work despite a massive chunk of the programme being cut in Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire earlier this year

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