Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand’s foreign minister, has come under increasing pressure as the geopolitical “Great Game” escalates in the Pacific. New Zealand’s foreign minister is on her first ...

Then-local government minister Nanaia Mahuta installed four commissioners at the end of 2020 to take over the reins of the dysfunctional council. It is home to 160,000 people and is known for its ...

At the time, then-Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta said there was "a different set of rules for establishing Māori and general wards and that uneven playing field needs to change".