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1,887 signals for Political · New Zealand

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand20d ago

Labour is back in the spotlight, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. So how’d their first week go? To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here .

4.7/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand21d ago

The 2026 general election has finally begun, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . Yesterday had it all – policy announcements, enraged responses to those policy announcements, MPs in swandris, accusations of improper conduct of just-announced candidates, accusations of improper accusations against just-announced candidates.

4.7/10·The Spinoff·Auckland, Auckland

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PoliticalCrisis🇳🇿New Zealand22d ago

The government has scrapped its plan to fund New Zealand’s proposed LNG import terminal via a levy on power bills but gives no specifics on alternative funding sources, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . The government has scrapped its plan to fund New Zealand’s proposed LNG import terminal via a levy on the electricity sector.

4.7/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand27d ago

MPs can receive up to $36,240 every year in superannuation contributions, and use the money to buy property. Then they can claim another $36,400 per year to stay in it. National MP Melissa Lee and Labour MP Jenny Salesa bought homes through a special superannuation scheme, eligible for generous taxpayer-funded contributions, then claimed a taxpayer-funded accommodation allowance on them.

4.7/10·The Spinoff·Wellington, Wellington Region

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand28d ago

This story was first published by RNZ A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account to conduct official business – meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been. That document – which lobbied for changes to climate change legislation – was sent by Fonterra to Matt Burgess, who was the prime minister’s chief policy adviser at the time. The revelation has drawn a stronger reaction from the Prime Minister than his response following reporting by RNZ last month the same document was given in hard copy format to the same staffer, which Christopher Luxon’s office had no record of.

4.7/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇦🇷Argentina 🇳🇿New Zealand 🇺🇸United States34d ago

A once-great Kiwi and enthusiast for Antichrist chat seems to be falling for a rival bolt-hole paradise, Argentina. What a day it must have been. In August 2011, tech billionaire Peter Thiel swore his allegiance to the queen, her heirs and successors, and pledged to faithfully observe the laws of New Zealand and fulfil his duties as a New Zealand citizen.

4.7/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand 🇹🇼Taiwan34d ago

The top 10 sales lists recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City by Asher Emanuel (Bridget Williams Books, $40) The most important book of 2026? 2 One Last Question, Prime Minister by Barry Soper (HarperCollins, $40) “The part-memoir, part-political history retraces the five decades Soper spent working in parliament’s press gallery, chaptered by the 12 prime ministers who ruled the roost throughout his working career.

4.7/10·The Spinoff·Auckland, Auckland

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PoliticalCrisis🇳🇿New Zealand 🇦🇺Australia34d ago

Toby and Bernard talk through the top lines in today’s budget, the economic forecasts on which it is built, and the ways it sets the scene for the campaign ahead. Fresh from the budget lockup and with no obvious signs of sugar on his lapel, Bernard Hickey joins Toby Manhire for a special edition of Gone By Lunchtime. Hickey recounts the mood in the budget media briefing, including Nicola Willis throwing shade at her coalition partner NZ First over its superannuation stance, the targeted bursts of sweetness for some in the budget and the bitter messages for others.

4.7/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand36d ago

The government was warned it would be premature to consider reform while a court case against emitters was under way. This story was first published on RNZ Justice officials advised the government not to intervene in a court case being taken against major emitters, offical documents show. Despite that, the government announced it would amend climate laws to prevent companies from being sued over damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions, stopping a landmark case in its tracks.

4.7/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalCrisis🇮🇷Iran 🇺🇸United States 🇳🇿New Zealand+115d ago

Iran began their World Cup campaign in Los Angeles on Monday with a 2-2 draw against New Zealand, before a crowd that mixed fans cheering the team and Iranian Americans waving symbols of protest against the government in Tehran. The match was played barely 24 hours after the announcement of a preliminary agreement to end the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February.

4.5/10·MercoPress·Los Angeles, California

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PoliticalUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇳🇿New Zealand 🇺🇸United States15d ago

Iran twice came from behind to salvage a 2–2 draw against New Zealand in a World Cup opener overshadowed by geopolitical tensions, protests and months of conflict with the United States. The result leaves Team Melli still searching for a breakthrough on football's biggest stage.

4.5/10·France 24 English

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PoliticalUpdate🇺🇸United States 🇮🇷Iran 🇲🇽Mexico+116d ago

Iranian Americans streamed into the Los Angeles stadium where Iran play their first match at the 2026 World Cup on Monday, with some calling for Iranians to band together and forget politics while others bore symbols protesting the government. The team arrived at the stadium, having flown into the US on Sunday from their training base in Tijuana, ‌Mexico, touching down in Los Angeles just as a deal was announced to end the US-Iran war. They are set to play New Zealand in Group G at 6pm local...

4.5/10·South China Morning Post·Los Angeles, California

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PoliticalUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇳🇿New Zealand17d ago

When Iran takes to the field on Monday for the first game of its World Cup, Sara Barahman will be among the thousands of protesters outside the stadium waving a very specific flag: the one used by the country before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. If these banners —- featuring a lion and sun over green, white, and red stripes —- make it inside the venue, the Iranian team has threatened to halt its match against New Zealand. But the political science student couldn't care less.

4.5/10·Al-Monitor

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand4d ago

ACT unveiled their proposal to reduce the number of government departments and ministers during its election campaign launch in Auckland on Sunday.

4.3/10·Stuff.co.nz·Auckland, Auckland

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand 🇦🇺Australia9d ago

Tax is back on the table this election, and a number of parties are proposing new taxes that could be levied on New Zealanders. But what are they, and do we need them? Here’s a rundown of what’s been discussed.

4.3/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand11d ago

Party president Sylvia Wood said it would be a tight election, and the choice was between a National or Labour-led government.

4.3/10·Radio New Zealand

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PoliticalUpdate🇦🇺Australia 🇮🇩Indonesia 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates+14d ago

Australia will double the financial penalty on platforms flouting its world-leading social media ban for under-16s to stem widespread evasion of the restrictions, the government said on Saturday. New legislation will lift the maximum fine to Aus$99 million ($68 million) for systemic breaches of the regulation and arm the eSafety online watchdog with greater powers to curb the platforms, it said. The independent regulator was “actively investigating” potential non-compliance by Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, the government said in a statement.

4.1/10·Dawn (Pakistan)

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PoliticalUpdate🇦🇺Australia 🇬🇧United Kingdom 🇮🇩Indonesia+17d ago

Sydney, Australia (AFP) — Australia's social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers' scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday in one of the first evaluations of the world-leading measures. Australia in December banned under 16s from the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, in a crackdown designed to protect children from online bullying and "predatory algorithms". But there is little evidence to suggest teenagers have turned away from social media as a consequence, a team of Australia-based researchers found in a peer-reviewed study published by the British Medical Journal.

4.1/10·Jamaica Observer·Sydney, New South Wales

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand13d ago

The New Zealand government is being warned that continued political antipathy towards the World Health Organisation risks undermining health outcomes in the Pacific.

4.1/10·Radio New Zealand Pacific

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PoliticalResolution🇯🇵Japan 🇩🇪Germany 🇳🇿New Zealand+217d ago

Japan, Germany and New Zealand welcome US-Iran agreement Leaders from Japan, Germany and New Zealand welcomed the agreement between the United States and Iran, expressing hope that it would lead to broader regional stability and progress on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described the agreement as “a major step” and said she hoped the memorandum of understanding would be implemented steadily, ensuring “free and safe navigation” through the Strait of Hormuz and paving the way for a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz congratulated the leaders of Iran and the United States, saying the agreement could pave the way for a broader diplomatic breakthrough.

4.1/10·Middle East Eye (RSS)

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PoliticalCrisis🇳🇿New Zealand 🇨🇳China 🇹🇼Taiwan+127d ago

Four New Zealand lawmakers who were handed travel bans by Beijing for visiting Taiwan have been accused of crossing a “red line” by the Chinese embassy in Wellington. The ban – which covers mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau – was condemned by the New Zealand and Australian governments, which said they would lodge a formal protest. The party, which visited the island in early May, included three members of the ruling centre-right coalition – National MP Maureen Pugh, David Wilson from NZ First...

4.1/10·South China Morning Post·Beijing, Beijing

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand28d ago

Major construction firms told NZTA they would prefer to build a tunnel under Waitematā harbour, which is more expensive but less risky than a bridge. Any hopes the government had of using private funding on the second Waitematā crossing have hit a snag after major construction firms warned that a second Auckland harbour bridge built using a public-private-partnership would be “unlikely to achieve value for money” for the government. An NZTA market sounding report completed in 2025 and released to The Spinoff under the Official Information Act found there was “strong interest from the market” with a general preference for the tunnel option, which is expected to be more expensive but comes with fewer construction risks.

4.1/10·The Spinoff·Wellington, Wellington Region

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PoliticalUpdate🇳🇿New Zealand34d ago

University students are protesting outside Parliament after Thurdsay’s Budget not only confirmed the end of fees free - but committed to increase tertiary fees from 2027.

4.1/10·Stuff.co.nz

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PoliticalCrisis🇳🇿New Zealand7d ago

The polling evidence is becoming more clear by the day. Steve Abel must rob a store. For months, the Greens watched their vote share slip away like so much conservation land under the auction hammer .

4.0/10·The Spinoff

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PoliticalUpdate🇷🇺Russia 🇺🇦Ukraine 🇺🇸United States+411d ago

Intelligence officials from the Five Eyes alliance delivered a direct in-person warning to a Kremlin representative about the consequences of invading Ukraine, just days before Russia's full-scale military offensive began in 2022.

4.0/10·CBC News Canada·Moscow, null

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