Sat 1 July, 3:00 pm
I'm stopping now and will unpin this soon. Hipkins is back, coverage is winding down, and I'm not keeping up with it anyway. Here are the final stories:
- CNN: New Zealand’s leader Chris Hipkins under fire from opposition over backup plane for overseas trip
- Reuters: New Zealand manages China relationship carefully, works to avoid being caught in rivalry, foreign minister says
- South China Morning Post: As US-China rivalry spikes, New Zealand avoiding getting pulled from ‘pillar to post’: minister
- The Spinoff: ‘The door is wide open’: PM hails China trip as a huge success for NZ business, economy
- The Spinoff: ‘Optimistic and slightly student-like’: What Chinese media has made of Chris Hipkins
- RNZ: The Week in Politics: Success in Beijing, trouble at home
- Beehive speech transcript: Prime Minister Rt Hon Chris Hipkins at Peking University
- NZ Herald: PM Chris Hipkins wishes he could stay in China longer, as New Zealand trade trip draws to a close
- NZ Herald: :Matthew Hooton: Why this arrogant Government doesn’t deserve Chris Hipkins 🔒
- Newsroom: Hipkins in China: Swimming in the deep end
- NZ Herald: Chris Hipkins’ China trip: Trouble at home takes wind from PM’s sails 🔒
- Newsroom: New Zealand foreign policy turns a corner in Beijing
- Newsroom: Political skeleton rattles PM’s Beijing day
- NZ Herald: Fran O’Sullivan: Chris Hipkins’ priorities in China: The economy, the economy - and the economy 🔒
- Stuff: Chris Hipkins earns China's praise - but he won't want it all
- Newsroom: Raw Politics: When 'robust' is just too robust
- RNZ: PM on China visit: 'There is a huge market here for NZ products and services'
- RNZ: Hipkins passes diplomatic test with China's Xi
- Newsroom: New Zealand foreign policy turns a corner in Beijing
Thu 29 June, 11:30 pm
- NZ Herald: Chris Hipkins in China: PM says he has confidence in Kiri Allan, Jan Tinetti
- The Spectator: Will New Zealand regret kowtowing to China?
- Stuff: PM's China trip paying off for primary sector
- RNZ: New Zealand business delegation in China strikes deal for red meat sector
- The Guardian: The New Zealand PM’s ancient plane is embarrassing – but an upgrade risks too much of a backlash
Thu 29 June, 11:30 am
- 1News: Jessica Mutch-McKay: Hipkins taking stardust-free approach in China
- Stuff: Chris Hipkins tries to sell NZ, but must now keep an eye on the Kiri Allan situation
- Newsroom: Political skeleton rattles PM’s Beijing day
- NZ Herald: Letters: A greater good, NZ Post, expiring Rat kits, free speech, Ruapehu, and Chinese diplomacy 🔒
- NZ Herald: Editorial: China trade - precious and precarious 🔒
- NZ Herald: Chris Hipkins heads to Shanghai after securing extra flights to New Zealand
- South China Morning Post: China’s Asia-Pacific trade deal, digital economy pact aspirations backed by New Zealand
- Beehive press release: New China-New Zealand air routes to boost capacity for tourists
- Beehive press release: China and New Zealand Strengthen Forestry Cooperation
Wed 28 June, 10:30 pm
- The Spinoff: Hipkins meets Chinese premier Li Qiang, specifies Māori in opening address
- AP: New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins visits China to boost economic ties
- NZ Herald: PM in China: Chris Hipkins speaks after meeting Chinese Premier Li Qiang
- Stuff: Recap: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confronts minister Kiri Allan issue while in China
- Bloomberg: Xi Vows to Protect Foreign Investors in Charm Offensive
- Newshub: Advocacy group says Chris Hipkins should've been tougher with Xi Jinping over China's treatment of Uighurs
- The Coversation: Hipkins meets Xi Jinping: behind the handshakes, NZ walks an increasingly fine line with China
- Reuters: New Zealand signs range of pacts with China
- Beehive press release: New Zealand and China reaffirm importance of agriculture cooperation
- Beehive press release: Prime Minister and Premier reaffirm strong economic relationship
Update 29 June 1:20pm: Added Beehive press releases
Wed 28 June, 1:15 pm and earlier in comments due to character limit
What I don’t get about Luxon saying he’d fly commercial instead of paying for the maintenance of the 757’s, is that doesn’t the airforce need to maintain the planes anyway? If we can’t replace them until 2030 is he suggesting we just don’t have them at all until then?
I hope he does deal to let another million come in to New Zealand from HK
He has to make a statement and it has to reflect negatively on the administration. In this case it also reflects negatively on the country but he doesn't seem to understand that.