Category : News
Author: Seni Iasona

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone just days after turning down a meeting with him. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-shares-solidarity-with-ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelensky-over-the-phone.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

New Zealand has designated US groups the Proud Boys and The Base as terrorist entities.

Set down in the government's official journal of record - the gazette - last Monday, 20 June, it was published publicly a week later but with no wider dissemination.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/new-zealand-designates-american-proud-boys-and-the-base-terrorist-organisations.html
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Category : News
Author: Glenn McConnell

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern highlighted China’s human rights abuses and called for nuclear disarmament during her speech at the Nato Leaders’ Summit overnight.

Ardern said her speech displayed the country’s “fiercely held independent foreign policy” and commitment to standing for peace and human rights.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300625460/ardern-calls-for-nuclear-disarmament-criticises-china-over-human-rights-during-nato-speech
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Category : Analysis
Author: RNZ

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has used her speech to NATO leaders to push this country's "fiercely held" independent foreign policy while also condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine as an affront to the world.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/470046/ardern-tells-nato-leaders-ukraine-war-must-not-fuel-arms-race
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Category : News
Author: Robert G Patman

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's acceptance of an invitation to speak at this week's Nato leaders' summit in Madrid has fuelled a narrative that New Zealand's independent foreign policy is falling victim to a new Cold War.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/469913/nz-invite-to-nato-summit-not-reward-for-shift-in-foreign-policy
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Category : Analysis
Author: Alexander Gillespie

This week’s White House meeting between Jacinda Ardern and Joe Biden reflected a world undergoing rapid change. But of all the shared challenges discussed, there was one that kept appearing in the leaders’ joint statement – China in the Pacific.

Article: https://theconversation.com/to-meet-the-chinese-challenge-in-the-pacific-nz-needs-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-184315
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Category : Analysis
Author: Robert Scollay

Analysis - The frequent use of the term "shared values" to describe developments in the Pacific tends to obscure a distinct shift in New Zealand and Australian relations with their Pacific partners over the past two decades.

Article: https://theconversation.com/a-new-pacific-reset-why-nz-must-prioritise-climate-change-and-labour-mobility-185204
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