Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has publicly criticised Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters over controversial comments directed at a Green MP, describing them as “inappropriate attention-seeking comments” in a rare public rebuke of one of his coalition partners. The comments add to a series of increasingly contentious interventions by the New Zealand First leader as the…

Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling for a Citizens’ Assembly to lead sweeping reforms of New Zealand’s electoral finance laws, arguing that a surge in political donations from wealthy individuals and corporate interests poses a growing threat to the country’s democratic institutions. The environmental organisation says the current system has left political parties increasingly reliant on large…