Robert Patman News Today

The state of emergency in New Caledonia presents a considerable challenge for NZ's foreign policy efforts in the Pacific, international relations...

China's ‘‘dictatorship’’ can be contained more effectively by defeating Russia’s ‘‘barbaric’’ invasion of Ukraine than by joining Aukus, Professor...

Foreign policy has been in the headlines more than usual over the past fortnight. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon returns from a Southeast Asia...

But it turns out the Government received official advice making a clear connection between the two events.

New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to cyber-attacks

Designating the whole of Hamas as a terrorist entity flies in the face of New Zealand diplomatic calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, an international relations expert says.

Western leaders have touched down in Kyiv, to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the two year anniversary of war with Russia.
The UN Human Ri

Vladimir Putin needs to watch for "international blowback", including on the battlefield in Ukraine, following the suspicious death of Alexei Navalny.

"He was a fierce advocate of freedom and anti-corruption."

By RNZ The prime minister says he is saddened by news of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ’s death. Navalny, an outspoken critic of Russia’s...