ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western European countries have responded. East Asia Forum, Jeremy Youde: Asia’s cautious approach to Omicron AUSTRALIA One of the former Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials involved with a new […]
Tag: New Zealand
News from: Al Jazeera, Brookings, East Asia Forum, Global Times, Key4Biz, Reuters, RFE RL, The Jamestown Foundation, ThinkChina, US Department of State AFRICA The criticality of climate finance for Africa. Amar Bhattacharya, Brookings: Climate finance will be critical for enabling Africa to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change and to ensure that its […]
Over the past decade, many cities around the world have experienced a significant rise in housing costs, and the large cities of New Zealand are no exception. The small nation’s median house price rose by approximately 130% between 2011 and 2021, far outpacing household income growth and eroding housing affordability. New Zealand’s bipartisan housing reforms offer a […]
The prophecy was delivered in 2014. “It is likely that over the next ten years,” Wellington’s Defence Assessment foretold, “New Zealand will deploy military and other assets in support of a Pacific Islands Forum member in crisis beyond standard disaster response support.” In 2021 that crisis has come to pass in the current troubles in Solomon Islands. […]
New Zealand now has “mature” ties with China that allow for disagreement, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said during a TV interview on Sunday. One day before the opening of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week which Ardern considers as one of the most important international events hosted by New Zealand in decades, […]
The New Zealand government will be establishing a consumer data right (CDR) framework for the nation as part of hopes to put consumers “in the driver’s seat” when it comes to how their personal information is used by third parties. New Zealand working on a consumer data right regulatory regime | ZDNet
Speaker The Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister, New Zealand Presider Richard N. Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The World: A Brief Introduction; @RichardHaass Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discusses the future of New Zealand’s foreign policy and lessons learned from the country’s response to COVID-19 and reopening. This meeting kicks off the 2021 Virtual National […]
(File photo) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday she will offer a formal apology to New Zealand’s Pacific community over “demeaning” police raids that targeted them in the 1970s. Ardern said the notorious “dawn raids” were carried out by police and immigration officials seeking to identify and deport visa overstayers. In addition, she said Pacific islanders […]
Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, University of Auckland Is macroprudential policy fair game in New Zealand’s struggle with house prices? (eastasiaforum.org)
Jason Young, Victoria University of Wellington A new era for New Zealand–China relations? | East Asia Forum
Michael Shoebridge The big positive from the federal government cancelling Beijing’s two Belt and Road Initiative agreements with the Victorian government is that Australia is getting coherent policy nationally. That national policy is centred on not wanting to help the Chinese Communist Party create a China-centred global economy, whether through the BRI or Xi Jinping’s ‘dual circulation’ […]
Tyler Powell and David Wessel New Zealand is a small economy, but it is a trend setter of sorts in central banking.