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Prime Minister Chris Luxon can expect a "verbal dressing down" from Maori leaders when he travels to New Zealand's birthplace for the country's national day.

Maori leaders have described the New Zealand government as "the enemy" during annual celebrations at Ratana.

Winston Peters had only just been sworn in as deputy prime minister when his long-standing antipathy to the news media emerged in the form of a serious accusation.

New Zealand's National party has shed a number of its election promises as it negotiated a coalition agreement with the ACT and NZ First parties.

It might have taken six weeks to decide the shape of New Zealand’s next government (or three if you count from the final results), but in the end that is the nature of proportional representation. Compromise, trade-offs and haggling are the price of an MMP electoral system designed to avoid…

Winston Peters is an establishment pick as New Zealand's foreign minister, but increasingly sympathises with views well outside the mainstream on other issues.

After six weeks of post-election negotiations, New Zealanders have learned the make-up and the policy agenda of their next government.

The three party leaders involved in New Zealand's next government have concluded negotiations and are set to sign a coalition agreement.

ACT leader David Seymour or NZ First's Winston Peters will become New Zealand's deputy prime minister after National deputy Nicola Willis ruled herself out.