Our Chinese puzzle
When the number three politician in China's hierarchy, the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples' Congress, Zhao Leji, was in Wellington...
Peters goes Trump on Israel
Winston Peters speech at the United Nations on Saturday ended decades of New Zealand positioning itself as a moral force in international politics and...
Has the SIS torpedoed Chinese tourism?
The country's intelligence agencies may have just blown up the prospects of the continuing return of Chinese tourists to New Zealand.
The Chinese Embassy yesterday...
Luxon goes it alone
Three statements yesterday; two from the Prime Minister himself and one from his Foreign Minister, suggest the Prime Minister has decided to go it...
The dangers of cozying up to Trump on tariffs
Even the usually optimistic Trade Minister Todd McClay seems doubtful that he can overturn President Trump’s decision to charge New Zealand exports a 15...
Peters equivocates on Palestine
Statements by Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Parliament yesterday suggest that New Zealand’s caution on recognising Palestine has left it clinging to a shrinking...
Luxon gets the China relationship back on track
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon defied the sceptics and managed to end his two-and-half days in China, with the relationship between our two countries almost...
What will Five Eyes say about this!
New Zealand is to become part of China’s controversial “Belt and Road” initiative.
Or at least that is the way China sees the signing of...
Luxon’s China challenge
The Prime Minister leaves for China and then Europe today on what is likely to be a trip that defines his government’s foreign policy.
Since...
“Seriously dumb” foreign policy
Two former Prime Ministers, a former party leader, a diplomat and a businessman yesterday released a joint statement on New Zealand's relations with China,...
Luxon’s war wins allies
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s proposal that the CPTPP countries and the European Union combine to present a free trade face to the world in...
Going it alone without the US
While Winston Peters has been invoking nostalgic recollections of American marines in the Pacific during World War Two, a former Australian Prime Minister and...
Why Peters has stepped up his undermining of Luxon
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has stepped up his subtle undermining of the Prime Minister at the same time as his party has...
The Defence capability plan “an incremental evolution”
The Defence Capability Plan (typically referred to the as the DCP) announced last week shows continuity in New Zealand’s threat perceptions and in the...
It can’t be like Covid
A long scheduled Treasury briefing yesterday turned into a revealing insight into how the Government might manage the economy if the worst comes to...
