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February 6, 2026
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon faced sustained heckling and had to fend off questions about a revived Treaty Principles Bill as he returned to Waitangi this year. ACT leader David Seymour predictably attracted his own jeers, and NZ First’s Winston Peters focused on a return serve. The ... <a title="Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/speeches-celebrations-and-heckling-what-happened-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been warned that Māori will not sit by without a fight if the government attempts to meddle with te Tiriti o Waitangi. As politicians of all stripes have flocked to Rātana near Whanganui, it was a rare chance for Māori to address politicians directly on the ... <a title="Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not sit idly by’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/luxon-warned-over-meddling-on-te-tiriti-maori-will-not-sit-idly-by/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not sit idly by’">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition parties have seized on a leaked ministerial memo about the coalition government’s proposed Treaty Principles bill, saying the prime minister should put a stop to it. ACT is defending the bill, while National has repeated its position of supporting it no further than select committee. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri ... <a title="NZ opposition parties urge PM Luxon to shut down ‘erase treaty’ bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/21/nz-opposition-parties-urge-pm-luxon-to-shut-down-erase-treaty-bill/" aria-label="Read more about NZ opposition parties urge PM Luxon to shut down ‘erase treaty’ bill">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2023
Analysis by Graeme Edgeler, courtesy of the Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Government-formation negotiations are ongoing between National, Act and New Zealand First. We do not know how long these will take. Neither it seems, do they. Importantly, there are fundamentally no hard deadlines on government formation negotiations in New Zealand. It will take as long as ... <a title="Graeme Edgeler Analysis – As Long as It Takes, or There are No Hard Deadlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/21/graeme-edgeler-analysis-as-long-as-it-takes-or-there-are-no-hard-deadlines/" aria-label="Read more about Graeme Edgeler Analysis – As Long as It Takes, or There are No Hard Deadlines">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists Pacific leaders fear they will have little or no voice in the new National-led government in Aotearoa New Zealand with the real possibility of not a single Pacific person making it into the new coalition. Labour had 11 Pacific members of Parliament, then 10 when then ... <a title="Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt worries community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/lack-of-pasifika-mps-and-no-voice-in-new-nz-govt-worries-community/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt worries community">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
By Debrin Foxcroft, Finlay Macdonald, Matt Garrow and Veronika Meduna, The Conversation From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in 2023 in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election. Pre-election polls appear to have under-estimated support for National, which on the provisional results last night can form a government with ACT ... <a title="NZ elections 2023: It’s National on the night as New Zealand turns right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/nz-elections-2023-its-national-on-the-night-as-new-zealand-turns-right/" aria-label="Read more about NZ elections 2023: It’s National on the night as New Zealand turns right">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
RNZ News Christopher Luxon and the National Party are on course to form a new government with the ACT Party in Aotearoa New Zealand, with National winning almost 40 percent of the party vote in yesterday’s general election. National romped far ahead in the party vote in the election and were above 40 percent much ... <a title="NZ election 2023: National, ACT poised to form new government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/nz-election-2023-national-act-poised-to-form-new-government/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: National, ACT poised to form new government">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
RNZ News Two polls out tonight both have Winston Peters firmly in the drivers’ seat for forming a government with Aotearoa New Zealand’s general election this Saturday, though the left bloc has increased its overall support. With 1News and Newshub each releasing their final polls ahead of the election, the trends are showing a last-minute ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Two polls show boost for left bloc – Peters in kingmaker’s seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/nz-election-2023-two-polls-show-boost-for-left-bloc-peters-in-kingmakers-seat/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Two polls show boost for left bloc – Peters in kingmaker’s seat">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false. Why was he left unchallenged? In the TVNZ leaders’ debate last night, Luxon and Labour’s Chris Hipkins had a testy exchange over Māori healthcare. Hipkins held firm on the creation ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-election-2023-exposing-national-leader-christopher-luxons-maori-health-falsehood-in-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties — an amnesty for overstayers. The Dawn Raids apology was two years ago, and weeks out from the election, the Labour Party has announced it would offer a lifeline for long-term ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/nz-election-2023-overstayers-issue-kicks-off-pacific-communities-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debate">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2023
The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is positive or attractive about the electoral options on offer. This is an election without inspiration. There is a definite gloominess among the public right now — with a perception that not only is the country broken ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Bryce Edwards: The most hollow campaign in living memory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/nz-election-2023-bryce-edwards-the-most-hollow-campaign-in-living-memory/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Bryce Edwards: The most hollow campaign in living memory">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2023
By Eloise Gibson, RNZ climate change correspondent While attention is focused on economists finding a $500 million-a-year hole in National’s tax plans, a similar-sized hole in climate costings is hiding in plain sight — and it applies to Labour, too. National appears to have the bigger gap, however. The gulf was highlighted in the Pre-election ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Both Labour and National face multimillion dollar ‘climate hole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/22/nz-election-2023-both-labour-and-national-face-multimillion-dollar-climate-hole/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Both Labour and National face multimillion dollar ‘climate hole’">Read more</a>
