Professor Alexander Gillespie: Anzac then and now: as trans‑Tasman defence relations get closer, NZ must be on guard

Anzac Day 2026 arrives in tumultuous times: unresolved conflict in the Middle East, the erosion of the old international order, the famous Doomsday Clock set closer to midnight than ever before.

Without doubt, this brings New Zealand’s defence relationship with its closest neighbour (and only formal ally) Australia into sharp focus.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 25/6/24

Now that astrology is being saluted – would the cancer-drugs fuss have been foreseen if govt read the stars before Budget Day?

The news media made much of the ministerial statement which was announced just after Point of Order monitored the Beehive website yesterday.

The press statement from Health Minister Dr Shane Reti and Associate Health Minister David Seymour was somewhat imprecise in announcing the government’s deliverance of “up to 26 cancer treatments” as part of an overall package of “up to 54 more new medicines”.