Sean Plunket has uncovered who funded Chlöe Swarbrick’s recent trip to London, where she was spotted flying business class.
The trip was arranged and paid for by the Insurance Council of New Zealand, led by former Labour minister Kris Faafoi, who confirmed all parliamentary parties had been invited to “reinsurance-focused meetings” in the UK.
Small Business Minister Chris Penk has secured a new appeals channel for New Zealand firms whose Facebook and Instagram accounts have been wrongly suspended.
RNZ reported more than 30 cases of small businesses being locked out of their accounts, some accused of posting child exploitation material.
Labour has privately conceded that New Zealand’s gas shortage is so serious it requires cross-party action, despite being the party that banned new exploration in 2018.
On August 20, well before the Prime Minister called for cross-party unity on gas, Labour’s energy spokesperson Megan Woods wrote to Energy Minister Simon Watts calling for “a bipartisan manner on the development of a gas prioritisation plan.”
FBI Director Kash Patel gifted New Zealand officials inoperable 3D-printed pistols during a July visit to Wellington, items later determined to be unlawful under New Zealand firearms law.
Patel presented the replicas to Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, intelligence chief Andrew Hampton, and GCSB director-general Andrew Clark when opening the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand on July 31.
Officials described the gifts as part of a “challenge coin display stand.”
Documents filed under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act show that an influencer campaign via one firm connected to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Richard Prebble says Winston Peters has found his true calling as foreign minister, showing skill at the UN, but argues the real test is whether he shows the same courage in domestic policy.
