Work to replace ‘not fit-for-purpose’ living quarters at one critical air base faces further delays
Foreign Affairs
Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics
Diplomats have been tasked with ensuring New Zealand can opt out of health rules rather than focusing on strong new pandemic prevention measures
Former Kiwi MPs’ names aired in Hong Kong security trial
The controversial national security trial of a Hong Kong newspaper founder has touched on the work of former Kiwi MPs
Chinese ‘volatility’ shows case for Aukus – UK diplomat
With ‘a sense of accelerating instability’ around the world, the UK and NZ need to protect the international order, says the British High Commissioner
NZ sanctions needed to back Myanmar resistance – minister
An exiled Myanmar politician says NZ must continue to place pressure on the country’s military junta
China challenges must be managed if opportunities are to be sustained
Opinion: A continuation of the previous Labour government’s ‘China-plus’ diversification strategy
Where to next for the Aukus ruckus?
Opinion: Nicholas Khoo looks at two key points in the high-stakes foreign policy pact debate – and asks if NZ can engage with as little drama as possible.
How Kiwis are getting their families out of Palestine
Mohammed paid $70,000 to get his 10 family members into Egypt. They still don’t have a clear way into New Zealand.
The repressive underside of Rwanda’s regime
Thirty years on from Rwanda’s genocide, is guilt over the atrocities is blinding the world to the true nature of its current leadership?
The economic case against conscription
Opinion: How economists helped to end slavery and conscription in the US and elsewhere
Palestinian activist ‘perplexed’ by minister’s special visa argument
As Palestinians escape the war zone in Gaza, activists say emergency visas, like those issued to Ukrainians, are needed
Peters seeks to slow Aukus hype while taking swings
Winston Peters offers reassurance an overnight deal on Aukus isn’t in the works, while attacking foreign policy critics