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Christopher Luxon will not use the RNZAF 757s

Christopher Luxon says he will not use the RNZAF 757s, but will use commercial or charter aircraft instead. Video / Mark Mitchell

Labour names former East Coast Rugby CEO as Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidate

Cushla Tangaere-Manuel will go up against Meka Whaitiri.

Chris Hipkins to meet Xi Jinping, $160 million of Covid tests about to expire, and crypto-trading investment grounds Kiwi travel company | Focus Morning Bulletin: June 27, 2023

Chris Hipkins to meet his Chinese counterpart today, $160 million of Covid tests to expire, and $3 million crypto investment ends up ruining travel business in the latest headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / AP

Thomas Coughlan: Can NZ sustain a 'values-based' relationship with a dictatorship like China?

OPINION: Hipkins sits down with Chinese President Xi Jinping later today.

Revealed: The 'insulting' number of accepted claims for permanent surgical mesh injuries

Officials are investigating pausing the use of surgical mesh for a common birth injury.

Unused Covid tests worth almost $160m could be wasted

The Health Minister says Te Whatu Ora needs to 'get on with' finding a solution.

PM Chris Hipkins’ China visit: President Xi meeting today in Beijing

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today.

Simon Wilson: It’s time for a National Party ‘man ban’

OPINION: National going backwards with its women MPs, and on crime, for similar reasons.

Chris Hipkins in Beijing, New Zealand's pothole plague revealed and what's in store for the weather this week | Focus Morning Bulletin: June 26, 2023

Chris Hipkins touches down in China, what’s on his agenda and when he’ll meet the President, New Zealand’s pothole plague revealed as motorists complain about the state of our roads and local state of emergency lifts for Tairawhiti but what a fresh weather system will bring this week. Video / NZ Herald / Mt Ruapehu / NIWA

Chris Hipkins touches down in Beijing for make or break trip

Hipkins landed in Beijing ahead of a busy week of diplomacy.

Nats' plan for harsher sentences welcomed by victims advocate

Labour says it will see more people imprisoned for longer, costing millions.

Thomas Coughlan: 20 billion reasons for PM to tread carefully in China

OPINION: China's middle-class now totals more than 700 million people.

Claire Trevett: Luxon reached for 'red meat' policies to please Nats' base - will it work on voters?

Luxon reached for the "red meat" law and order policies to try to win over voters.

Labour says National's plan to put more people in prison will cost millions

National wants harsher sentences and to end Labour's push to reduce prison population.

Harsher sentences, more focus on victims: Luxon lays down the law

Party president claims Labour would lead most 'far-left leaning government in history'.

‘You’d better not jinx it’ PM on his high-stakes trip to China, and whether plane will get off the ground

The PM admits foreign policy isn't his background, but insists he's a fast learner