Hipkins got unanimous support from the Labour Party, choosing Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy

Politicians are human. Women politicians are human. There was a time when the public didn’t require regular reminders of that

Ardern, who took the position in 2017, announced she was stepping down as leader earlier this week

The New Zealand prime minister’s bold and resolute leadership neutralised hoary stereotypes that insisted female power is soft or weak

Leader says she has ‘no more in the tank’ and will resign by February 7th

Prime minister’s vulgarity against rival politician ends up raising €60,000 for cancer foundation

NZ prime minister apologises after comment is caught on hot microphone and broadcast on television

Finnish and New Zealand PMs back women facing ‘dire circumstances, where we are seeing the most basic of human rights being repressed and violated’

Prime minister of New Zealand says banks risk losing ‘social licence’ to operate as they collect billions

Move brings an end to some of the toughest Covid-19 pandemic rules in the world

Prime minister-elect Anthony Albanese has promised to ‘change the country’

From camping holidays abroad to weddings, parties, J-1s and gigs, there's a summer of fun ahead

International tourism brought forward from previously announced date of October

Up to 50 vehicles towed while police use tear gas to disperse group acting against restrictions

Increasingly violent demonstrations against mandatory vaccination set to spill over into fourth week

Demonstrators against mandatory vaccines block several roads around Wellington parliament

US urges Canada to use federal powers to end blockage as supply chains are disrupted

Thousands of people cross New Zealand and Australia to protest against pandemic restrictions

Broken communications cable that connects island to rest of world could take weeks to fix

Satellite images show plume of ash, steam and gas rising above Pacific waters