Foreign affairs + more @NewsroomNZ. Trying out the other app (🦋), so in theory won't be on here as much.
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After 11 years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, and just under a decade @NewsroomNZ, it's time for a new challenge!
Which is to say, I will be finishing up in my current role at the end of this month. More details soon on what's next...
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Thanks to @annafifield for the good conversation
about the Pacific Island Forum, and 🇺🇸 policy in the region. Good framing from @SamSachdevaNZ on the larger dynamics at play.
Read / watch the whole thing 👇
annafifieldnz.substack.com/p… @CSIS @CSISGeopolitics @AustraliaChair
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In a week when UNEP has warned overshooting the 1.5° tipping point is locked, Australia’s climate dichotomy is clear to Pacific leaders in Palau.
Australia is backing Pacific ambitions, renewables spend … but expanding fossil fuel extraction at home
canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
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Word has it that Solomon Islands Prime Minister Mathew Wale, who arrived in Palau last night for the PIF Leaders Summit, has left Palau to return to Solomon Islands to face the MONC. The timing is deeply unfortunate.
If you're looking for non-National Party coup news, I have a story today about a New Zealand citizen who was coerced into a signing a deportation waiver by ICE agents in the US - a judge has ordered his release for the time being, more here: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/12/nz…
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“There’s going to be change” in the top job, a National MP tells the Herald.
Discontented Nats are hitting the phones about leadership.
Another ripper from @coughlthom
nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/n…
Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/go…
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On June 25, @j_laurenceson joined a keynote at the China Business Summit in Auckland with @newsroomnz @SamSachdevaNZ, moderated by @asianewzealand Chief Executive Suzannah Jessep. He unpacked what “great power competition” means in practice for 🇳🇿 and 🇦🇺 businesses navigating a more contested Indo-Pacific.
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Interesting write up of a critical minerals roundtable with US officials in Wellington yesterday, with Australian, Japanese and Korean reps also speaking. ($) newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/14/am…
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How NZ should handle nuclear weapons 'turning point' by @SamSachdevaNZ with quotes from @jumacdo ‘s talk at our @CSS_VUW conference yesterday. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/11/ho…
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“The U.S. is also pressing allies not to invite Ukraine and the alliance’s four official Indo-Pacific partners — Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea — to the formal meetings at NATO’s July summit in Ankara, the four diplomats said.” politico.eu/article/us-press…
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The Detail is back on Monday. You don't have to wait for it to be played on RNZ ... any podcast platform will do the trick. Your efforts to keep 4.5 journalists gainfully employed this year is truly appreciated.
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Here’s something about the NZ India FTA few are paying attention to. A clause in the deal apparently allows trade concessions to be rolled back if the US$20b investment from NZ to India doesn’t eventuate. Read it on @businessdesk_nz: businessdesk.co.nz/article/p…
One Indian media outlet is reporting Modi and his Cabinet has signed off on a trade deal with NZ - does this mean Luxon and McClay will get the Christmas present they were after?👀 business-standard.com/econom…
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The tax department is having a company linked to the operations of Destiny Church liquidated and has applied to have another of the church’s trusts shut down. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/ir…
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Newsroom's @SamSachdevaNZ with an extended discussion with @SamRoggeveen about Australia, NZ & the future of our region. Currently pay-walled for Newsroom Pro, but if you don't subscribe (and you should!) I'll repost when it is released on the main site. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/20/ch…
For many Kiwis, Saturday's record-breaking $55 million Powerball jackpot was an opportunity to dream big - but the Govt is after a financial windfall of its own, with ministers starting tentative discussions about a privatisation of Lotto. More @NewsroomNZ below:
