NZ politics

A group of Māori MPs performed a haka in protest over a bill seeking to reinterpret the country’s founding treaty with Māori people.

As she prepares to deliver of her valedictory statement to parliament, Jacinda Ardern will be remembered as an outstanding prime minister – though perhaps not for reasons of her own choosing.

The image of New Zealand’s speaker, Trevor Mallard, cradling the baby of a fellow parliamentarian while presiding over a debate has gone viral.