Peters' solo call to abstain on UN pandemic pact splits the coalition
Foreign Minister Winston Peters made an executive captain's call to have New Zealand abstain from a United Nations General Assembly declaration on pandemic prevention and preparedness, leaving New Zealand as one of only two countries not to vote in favour. National Party figures have publicly stated they disagree with the move, following reports that a majority of government ministers supported endorsing the global health pact. Former Prime Minister Helen Clark condemned the abstention as humiliating on the international stage. The decision has exposed friction inside the governing coalition, drawing intense criticism from opposition parties as health policy remains a contentious issue. Also in this briefing: New 1News/Verian poll has Hipkins and Luxon dead level as preferred PM; Kiwi-feather cloak comes home after more than a century at Oxford.
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Winston Peters bypassed Cabinet to make New Zealand one of only two nations abstaining on pandemic policy.
National Party ministers actually favoured endorsing the United Nations pandemic declaration text with specific reservations.
Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins are deadlocked at twenty percent as preferred prime minister.
A fresh poll leaves the governing coalition three seats short of a working parliamentary majority.
A historic kiwi-feather cloak returned from Oxford University after spending one hundred and thirteen years overseas.
Oxford University refused to fund transport costs to return the gifted kahu kiwi to New Zealand.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02Peters' solo call to abstain on UN pandemic pact splits the coalition: The unilateral vote2 min
- 03Peters' solo call to abstain on UN pandemic pact splits the coalition: Diplomatic fallout and coalition strains2 min
- 04New 1News/Verian poll has Hipkins and Luxon dead level as preferred PM1 min
- 05Where things stand1 min
- 06Kiwi-feather cloak comes home after more than a century at Oxford2 min
- 07Outro1 min
- Peters Breaks With Cabinet on UN Pandemic Vote: Sovereignty, Coalition Power and the American Connection
- Clark blames ‘anti-vax vote’ as NZ abstains on UN pandemic declaration - Daily Telegraph NZ
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- Pitt Rivers Museum returns Māori artefact to New Zealand - Cherwell
- Traditional kiwi cloak returned to Māori community after more than a century in British museum
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- British musuem returns 125 year old kahu kiwi to marlborough iwi
- Pitt Rivers Museum returns cloak to New Zealand after 113 year loan
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