The New Zealand-born leader of an Australian neo-Nazi group, Thomas Sewell, is facing renewed criminal charges and calls for deportation after a violent attack on a First Nations protest camp in Melbourne.
Former New Zealand prime ministers Helen Clark and John Key stood alongside China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at a Beijing military parade marking 80 years since Japan’s surrender in World War II.
NZ First has broken ranks with its coalition partners over digital driver’s licences, warning that digital-only ID systems could become “coercive or insecure.”
Official police figures just released show a sharp fall in crime across New Zealand. It peaked in early 2023 at nearly seven victims per 1000 people per month, after some COVID-lockdown drops.
It has since reversed dramatically. The June 2025 figure was around five victims per 1000.
Roy Morgan’s August survey claims a “surge in support for the Labour-Greens-Maori Party Parliamentary Opposition now on 50% up 4 percentage points from a month ago.”
National, ACT and NZ First together are said to have dropped to 46.5 percent, “its lowest level of support this year.”
The New Zealand Seniors Quality of Life Report, based on responses from 510 people aged 50 and over, found 70 percent of older New Zealanders are anxious about their financial future.
Key concerns include cost of living (68 percent), insufficient savings (59 percent), and healthcare costs (54 percent).
