ANZUS is back
Yesterday's $12 billion defence Capability Plan was largely back to the future. Not only were its big-ticket items, the naval frigates and helicopters, a repeat...
Trump lies about New Zealand
What Trump has done will not easily be undone.
That is the almost universal view among commentators about his imposition of a minimum 10 per...
China stands aside, now its Peters v the Cook islands Premier
It is now clear that the Government is singling out Cook Islands Premier Mark Brown as the person to blame for the Islands signing...
Peters’ developing Pacific crisis
There is a widening fear in Wellington that the Cook Islands – China deal is in danger of becoming a foreign policy crisis.
Foreign Minister...
McCully resurfaces; “don’t subcontract our foreign policy to Australia”
It's one of New Zealand's great sustaining myths: the spirit of ANZAC, our mates across the ditch, the spirit of Earl's Court, Antipodeans united...
Bridges challenges Luxon
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon last Friday appeared to be starting to moderate his pivot to the United States under the foreign policy reset.
Back in...
NZ trade deal an international breakthrough
In a major international breakthrough, New Zealand has negotiated a free trade agreement with Saudi Arabia and other Arabian Peninsula countries, which includes a...
Where she goes, we go; where she stands, we stand
One word sums up the redefinition of New Zealand’s foreign policy presented by the Prime Minister at the Lowy Institute on Thursday.
The word is...
The second crisis; assumption was the mother
Late on the night of July 16, 1984, while four National Cabinet Ministers were meeting in the Beehive office of Deputy Prime Minister Jim...
The end for the Air Force 757s
The Air Force 757 that broke down with the Prime Minister on board in Port Moresby on Sunday is considered so unreliable that it...
What China wants from NZ business
One simple statistic said it all: China Premier Li Qiang asked Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell what percentage of the company's overall sales were made...
Friendly but frank talks with China Premier
It sounded like the best word to describe yesterday’s talks between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and his heavyweight delegation of Ministers and officials and...
The China puzzle
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives in Wellington today for a three-day visit to the country. The visit will take place amid uncertainty about the...
Beijing troubleshooter’s surprise visit
The importance of New Zealand's relationship with China was surely demonstrated yesterday with the surprise arrival in the capital of top Chinese foreign policy...
The Ambassador and Luxon – eye to eye
New Zealand's relationship with China is becoming harder to define, and with that comes a worry that a deteriorating political relationship could spill over...
