Tag: Jacinda Ardern

Australian Nuclear Subs Banned From Entering New Zealand Waters: Ardern

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared that Australia’s future fleet of nuclear submarines will not be allowed into New Zealand’s territorial waters. Establishing a nuclear-powered fleet in Australia, the first step of the newly announced trilateral security partnership AUKUS will see the UK and the United States partner with Australia to “significantly deepen cooperation on…


Australian Nuclear Subs Will Be Banned From New Zealand Waters: Ardern

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared that Australia’s future fleet of nuclear submarines won’t be allowed into New Zealand’s territorial waters. Establishing a nuclear-powered fleet in Australia, the first step of the newly announced trilateral security partnership AUKUS will see the UK and the United States partner with Australia to “significantly deepen cooperation on a…


AUKUS Is the New ANZUS: Diplomacy Expert

The “historic” trilateral security pact between Australia, the United States, and the UK will take precedence over the existing and long-running ANZUS treaty involving New Zealand and the U.S. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor of international diplomacy at Curtin University said the “AUKUS” alliance was really an “updating” of the Australia, New Zealand, and United States…


NZ’s Absence From New Military Alliance ‘Disappointing’: NZ Opposition Leader

Opposition leader Judith Collins says the absence of New Zealand from the newly formed trilateral security partnership AUKUS is “concerning” and leaves many questions for the Ardern government to answer. “It’s disappointing that after many years of New Zealand’s co-operation with our traditional allies, the current government appears to have been unable to participate in…


Aussie MP Drafts Bill To Enforce A Pay Cut for Politicians During COVID-19 Lockdowns

United Australia Party party leader and MP for Hughes, Craig Kelly, is proposing a bill that will cut politicians salaries during lockdowns. The private member’s bill called We’re All in This Together Act 2021 seeks to reduce politicians salaries to $750 per week while the state or territory is in lockdown. “ALL MPs need to take…


‘We Did Not Get Everyone Out’: New Zealand PM Ends Kabul Evacuation Flights, Condemns Attacks

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the end of evacuation flights from Afghanistan’s Kabul international airport, with the last C-130 Hercules safely departing eight hours prior to the bomb attacks on Thursday. However, while none of the planned New Zealand evacuees were left behind within Hamid Karzai International Airport, other citizens and visa holders remain in…


New Zealand Thrown Into National Lockdown Over Single Delta Variant Case

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the country under national lockdown after authorities detected a single case of the CCP virus’ Delta variant in the city of Auckland. The entire nation will go into “alert level 4” for at least three days, starting from 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17, the ministry of health announced….


New Zealand Thrown Into National Lockdown Over 1 Assumed Delta Variant Case

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the country under national lockdown after authorities detected a single case of the CCP virus’ Delta variant in the city of Auckland. The entire nation will go into “alert level 4” for at least three days, starting from 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17, the ministry of health announced….


New Zealand Thrown Into National Lockdown Over 1 Assumed Delta Case

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the country under national lockdown after authorities detected a single case of the CCP virus, likely the Delta variant, in the city of Auckland. The entire nation will go into “alert level 4” for at least three days, starting from 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17, the ministry of…


NZ Labour MP Breaks Ranks, Calls out Beijing on Organ Harvesting

New Zealand (NZ) Labour MP Louisa Wall has spoken out against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over grisly allegations it conducts industrial-level organ harvesting on prisoners of conscience. In speaking out, the MP has broken ranks with her political party, the NZ Labour government of Jacinda Ardern, which prefers to approach the Chinese regime on…