New Zealand leader says he favors nation becoming a republic
May 1, 2023 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Monday he personally favors his country becoming a republic, but it's not a change he intends to push for as leader.
Hipkins made the comments to reporters hours before he was due to depart for this week’s coronation of King Charles III in London.
Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65
March 6, 2023 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world's first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65.
Friends of Beyer said she died peacefully in hospice care.
New Zealand needs to rebuild for weather resilience, PM says
February 21, 2023 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — After last week's damaging cyclone, New Zealand needs to rebuild with more resilient infrastructure to cope with more frequent and intense weather events, the prime minister said Tuesday.
New Zealand cyclone fatalities reach 8; more deaths feared
February 17, 2023 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said.
New Zealand fears more fatalities after cyclone kills 4
February 15, 2023 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A cyclone that left a devastating wake of extensive flooding and landslides in New Zealand has claimed at least four lives and police have “grave concerns” for other residents who remain unaccounted for, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
New Zealand’s new leader Hipkins cuts many contentious plans
February 8, 2023 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Wednesday said he was axing or delaying many of his government's more contentious policy plans as he looked to refocus on priorities like the rising cost of living.
Australian, New Zealand leaders’ talk focuses on China
February 7, 2023 GMTCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian and New Zealand prime ministers met Tuesday to talk about China’s importance to their national economies, resolving to voice their disagreements with their most important trading partner that is becoming more assertive in their region.