Category : News
Author: RNZ

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to address New Zealand's Parliament.

RNZ understands arrangements are being made for Zelensky to speak via video link to MPs.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/11/ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelensky-invited-to-address-new-zealand-parliament.html
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Category : News
Author: Anna Whyte

Changes to hate speech are back on the cards, with the Government releasing a proposal after years of back and forth and being passed through three different Ministers.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/130534545/hate-speech-change-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters
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Category : Analysis
Author: RNZ & Leighton Heikell

The eruption of an underwater Tongan volcano in January has been confirmed as the largest ever recorded.

New Zealand's National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) led the investigation.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/11/tongan-volcano-emitted-biggest-atmospheric-explosion-recorded-in-over-100-years-niwa.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Reuters

Russia's leading war hawks rallied behind the humiliating decision for Moscow's forces to retreat from the Ukrainian city of Kherson this month, but the commander who argued in favour of the move is now under growing pressure to prove it was worth it.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/11/ukraine-invasion-russia-s-general-armageddon-under-pressure-to-deliver-on-battlefield-after-retreat.html
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Category : News
Author: Mei Heron

A New Zealand Government minister has visited Ukraine for the first time since the war began in February.

Defence Minister Peeni Henare went to the capital Kyiv and met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksiy Reznikov, for a one-on-one bilateral meeting.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/11/20/defence-minister-peeni-henare-visits-ukraine-meets-counterpart/
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday (local time), drawing condemnation from the UN nuclear watchdog which said such attacks risked a major nuclear disaster.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/11/ukraine-invasion-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelled-un-warns-you-re-playing-with-fire.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Anna Whyte

New Zealand Defence Minister Peeni Henare has met with his Ukrainian counterpart to “see for myself and hear first-hand the sacrifice Ukrainian citizens” have made in the war with Russia that has been ongoing since February.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/130531100/defence-ministers-visit-to-ukraine-why-it-matters
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