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September 25, 2025
Bougainville election: Prominent female candidate Theonila Roka Matbob loses seat

Theonila Roka Matbob, one of the most prominent female candidates in the Bougainville election, has lost her seat.

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September 24, 2025
New Zealand appoints Swede to lead central bank as economy faces ‘double-dip recession’

New Zealand has brought in a Swedish economist to run its central bank as it seeks to end a period of turmoil at the top of the institution and steer the country away from the brink of a “double-dip” recession.

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April 15, 2025
Damning study of online abuse of female MPs shows urgent legal reform is needed
Source: UNDP
February 26, 2024
Pacific Women in Power Forum commences in Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand – Numbers speak volumes, and in the Pacific, they tell a concerning story: less than 7 percent of parliamentarians are women.

October 19, 2023
New Zealand: 'A lot of blue suits'. Parliament is majority male again after National's election success

One of the widest smiles at the front of the National Party’s first group photo belonged to 32-year-old Katie Nimon, the new MP for Napier who not only took the seat from the Labour Party, but is

October 16, 2023
New Zealand: election night saw young women cement themselves into the political scene, including the youngest female MP the country has ever seen.

The youngest MP in 170 years is Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, aged 21, who won the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.

October 15, 2023
Let's hear it for the ladies: young women big winners on election night

Regardless of your political compass, New Zealand will be sure of one thing on Sunday morning: our young female candidates have shown they were the real winners of the election.

September 22, 2023
After Jacinda Ardern, a ‘Scary Time’ for women in New Zealand politics
September 18, 2023
New Zealand may get first female finance minister in 30 years

In practice debates before previous New Zealand elections, Nicola Willis used to play the role of formidable female politicians.