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Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister after 44 days in office (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

All your questions about the demise of Liz Truss, answered

What on earth is going on in the House of Commons?
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By Henry Cooke | 21st October, 2022
Contributing writer
Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images
Opinion

The broken promises that led to Brexit Britain

In her first years of adulthood, Jai Breitnauer found herself living in a bold and hopeful nation. More than two decades on, she laments on how the Britain we know now came to be.
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By Jai Breitnauer | 24th January, 2021
Guest writer
Commuters wearing face masks at Wellington’s train station (Getty Images)

The Bulletin: The news that will matter in 2021

A wrap of some of the issues that will matter in 2021, and a reflection on coming out of this tough year with hope. 
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By Alex Braae | 18th December, 2020
Staff Writer
The northern Hawke’s Bay town of Wairoa (Photo supplied)

The Bulletin: Wairoa dental service withdraws, and a quiet regional crisis

Why it matters Wairoa lost their dentist service, commercial rent relief won’t be revisited by government, and four year term referendum looking likely.
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By Alex Braae | 11th December, 2020
Staff Writer
In the sea. Photo: Getty
Opinion

Now it is boring

Having started the pandemic storyline, God, or perhaps the scriptwriters working on the world’s stories, have lost the plot.
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By Linda Burgess | 1st November, 2020
Contributing writer
Winston Peters. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Winston Peters takes exception to UK media report by issuing an angry diatribe – against The Spinoff

'The clickbait journos can't help themselves,' railed Winston Peters, or a 'disappointed NZF staffer', or someone.
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By Justin Giovannetti | 7th July, 2020
Contributing writer
Leading Brexiteers Andy Wigmore and Arron Banks, and NZ First leader Winston Peters (Getty Images)

Brexit campaigners pledge to bring ‘mischief, mayhem and guerrilla warfare’ to NZ election

After stonewalling all enquiries on the matter, it has been revealed that NZ First will actually be getting election help from the leading Brexit campaign.
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By Justin Giovannetti | 7th July, 2020
Contributing writer
Photo: Getty Images

The Bulletin: New support, new taxes in effect from today

New benefits and new taxes in effect from today, questions raised over whether a leading Brexiteer is getting into NZ politics, and contrasting polls on cannabis legalisation.
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By Alex Braae | 1st July, 2020
Staff Writer
The curious case of Winston Peters and ‘Brexit bad boy’ Arron Banks

The curious case of Winston Peters and ‘Brexit bad boy’ Arron Banks

The bankroller of Nigel Farage's Brexit campaign has spent most of 2020 in NZ, becoming an ardent supporter of Winston Peters and NZ First – and the feeling is mutual.
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By Justin Giovannetti | 1st July, 2020
Contributing writer
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister David Clark (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

The Bulletin: An avalanche of incompetence in quarantine system

Repeated blunders shake faith in quarantine system, report finds ministry was unprepared on PPE, and trade negotiations with Britain begin. 
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By Alex Braae | 18th June, 2020
Staff Writer
The leaders of government of the CANZUK nations in 2018. Malcolm Turnbull is long gone. So is Theresa May. Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau remain in office. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Opinion

A post-Brexit bloc of former colonies is the answer to a question no one asked

It’s called ‘CANZUK’, and it’s a bad idea. New Zealand should not be suckered in by dreams of Empire 2.0, writes Lewis Holden.
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By Lewis Holden | 23rd February, 2020
Guest writer
The BBC exit poll results were projected on the outside of its London HQ. (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

A strange British election looked even stranger to those of us used to MMP

UK-based NZ journalist Nicola Kean on Boris Johnson's big victory, and the conundrum of voting under a FPP system.
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By Nicola Kean | 16th December, 2019
Guest writer
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, pictured trying to ignore whatever UK PM Boris Johnson was saying (Getty Images)

Cheat sheet: A general election for Brexit Britain in less than six weeks

Once again, Britain is going to the polls in an attempt to dig themselves out of the utter mess they're in around Brexit.
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By Alex Braae | 30th October, 2019
Staff Writer
Boris Johnson prepares to take back control in 2016 (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The worst is yet to come: Why ‘getting Brexit done’ won’t solve anything

Even the most ardent Remainers are hoping that a deal will at least bring closure to the interminable wrangling over Brexit. That's wishful thinking, writes UK political scientist Helen Parr.
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By Helen Parr | 28th October, 2019
Guest writer
Boris Johnson prepares to take back control in 2016 (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Cheat sheet: Boris Johnson seals a Brexit deal – what does it mean, and what next?

Britain and the EU have agreed new terms for divorce. But with the Conservatives' Northern Irish support party unimpressed, is the shitstorm over?
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By Toby Manhire | 18th October, 2019
Editor-at-large
Boris Johnson (Getty Images)

Boris Johnson’s historic Supreme Court defeat, explained

In the face of the disaster zone that is UK politics New Zealanders can feel superior that our democracy works heaps better than theirs.
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By Tony Burton | 25th September, 2019
Contributing writer
(File photo: Radio NZ)

The Bulletin: How electorates could change after census

How electorate boundaries could change, plans to bring agriculture into the ETS stall, and another scandal hits state care abuse Royal Commission.
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By Alex Braae | 25th September, 2019
Staff Writer
What is Boris Johnson? An evolutionary biologist had the perfect term

What is Boris Johnson? An evolutionary biologist had the perfect term

The prime minister of Britain neatly fits the description of a ‘sneaky fucker’
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By Tony Burton | 3rd September, 2019
Contributing writer
Conservative Party leader and prime minister in waiting Boris Johnson speaks after being announced leader. (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Cheat sheet: Boris Johnson goes prorogue and suspends UK parliament

Absolute scenes are unfolding in UK right now, with PM Boris Johnson getting an agreement from the Queen to suspend parliament.
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By Alex Braae | 29th August, 2019
Staff Writer
A section of the Waitaha River near the hot pools (Supplied)

The Bulletin: Waitaha River saved, but many Coasters furious

Environment minister blocks Waitaha River power scheme, Britain shaken by parliament suspension plan, and measles outbreak spikes in South Auckland.
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By Alex Braae | 29th August, 2019
Staff Writer

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