Oceania

Given the HRPP’s refusal to accept the April election results, the Samoan speaker refused the party’s MPs entry to parliament. 

There’s no doubt the two are allies, but the cost of shallow bilateralism will have lasting effects on people-to-people exchanges.

The impact of the tragedy changed the course of U.S. foreign policy. It changed the trajectory of New Zealand’s foreign policy, too.

The two nations could soon hold joint military exercises on Australian soil for the first time.

New Zealand’s authorities had long thought the attacker was an extremist who posed a threat. But they had no legal recourse to stop him.

The Australian government held a worthwhile national summit on women’s safety, but the approach is indirect in tacking the core problem: male violence.

New Zealand’s latest COVID-19 outbreak has once again delayed the country’s return to top-level face-to-face diplomacy. That will have a cost.

Developing individual space capabilities is expensive but critical for countries like Australia.

In an investigative series, the ABC laid out the connection between misleading reporting on Fox and the January 6 unrest in Washington, DC. 

What unfolds in Kabul could have far-reaching implications for New Zealand’s geopolitical position.

With a zero COVID state unobtainable, Canberra is looking to reopen once vaccination rates pick up.

After living mostly COVID-free throughout the pandemic, New Zealand has hit its worst point since April 2020.