Jacinda Ardern

Every traveller who lands in New Zealand from today onward is being met by a health official at the airport with instructions on how to manage two weeks in isolation.

Customs has also closed its… Audio

New podcast Widows of Shuhada shares the journey of four Muslim women widowed by the Christchurch mosque attacks that took place a year ago. Farah Talal is one of those women. She joins the show with… Audio

We've come a long way from no parental leave in the 1970s, to the first woman firefighter in the 1980s. From a 'toothless' Equal Pay Act, to Kristine Bartlett and thousands of care and support workers… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says National Party health spokesperson has been briefed on Covid-19 over the weekend by the director general of health, alongside the Health Minister.

"We are offering… Audio

New Zealand plans to ensure the principles of democracy continue to be respected in Fijian elections, Jacinda Ardern says. Audio

Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern blasted Australia's deportation policy - saying it was corrosive to the relationship between the two countries - in front of Australiam PM Scott Morrison, and Australian… Audio

Matthew, Neale and Kathryn talk about the deepening economic risks around Covid 19, gun laws and the Australasian Prime Ministers' news conference. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and… Audio

Today's Cabinet meeting will be dominated by New Zealand's readiness for more cases of the disease Covid-19, including whether border controls are strong enough.

The travel ban has been extended to… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is urging calm as panicked shoppers rush for medical supplies and empty supermarket shelves in the wake of this country's first coronavirus case. Professor Michael… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ramped up her rhetoric during her visit to Australia, telling her counterpart Scott Morrison that his government's policy of deporting convicted Kiwis to New Zealand… Audio

Koro joins Kathryn to talk about the visit of Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape to New Zealand, and the visit of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to Fiji this week. He'll also look at the… Audio

The Prime Minister will head into her meeting with Scott Morrison today armed with an argument against Australia's hardline deportation policy.

She's also likely to raise climate change.

Jacinda… Audio

New Zealand's Prime Minister says she won't be demanding her Australian counterpart do more to fight climate change. Audio

Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has failed to convince Jacinda Ardern to send a strong message to Australia on climate change when she visits there this week.

Bainimarama made his position… Audio

The Prime Minister says she won't be wagging her finger at Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and demanding he do more to fight climate change when they meet this week.

Jacinda Ardern is in… Audio

The National Party is putting pressure on the Prime Minister to take a tougher stance on deporting Australian criminals ahead of her trip across the Tasman this week.

National leader Simon Bridges… Audio

A record number of flu vaccines has been ordered for New Zealand in case a coronavirus outbreak coincides with flu season.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been outlining how the health system is… Audio

Cabinet will decide today whether to extend the temporary travel restrictions put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19, which are due to expire tonight.

Currently, any foreign travellers who left… Audio

‘Don’t ask me, not my problem’ really is an appropriate response from MPs in Question Time - but probably in fancier words.  Audio