“It’s Not Just My Future I Care About."

New Zealand entrepreneur Jamie Beaton has been named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, recognising his remarkable journey from launching an education business in 2013 to building an international organisation helping students pursue their academic ambitions. The Crimson Education founder's achievement is another reminder that New Zealand ideas, innovation and determination can compete successfully on the world stage. Report by elocal · A Kiwi…

With the votes cast, New Zealand faces a period of waiting, political finger-pointing and coalition negotiations. Andy Loader examines National's criticism of MMP, Chris Bishop's electoral defeat and the strategic vote-splitting campaign that may have saved the centre-right coalition. With 67 seats provisionally secured, the focus now shifts to special votes and the negotiations that will determine who governs, what policies survive and how…

British comedian and political commentator Russell Brand has reportedly been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison following convictions for rape and sexual assault. Yet the continuing investigations into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and former Labour politician Peter Mandelson have raised wider questions about accountability among Britain's political and royal establishment. Are the differences in legal outcomes simply a reflection of…

The second day of negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States has concluded in Abu Dhabi, with European governments still excluded from the principal negotiating table. Washington is attempting to broker a settlement, Moscow is demanding long-term security guarantees, and Kiev is resisting territorial concessions. Meanwhile, Europe's continued military support for Ukraine has become a central point of contention. Is the continent…

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has demanded that Western European governments agree on a single representative for negotiations over the Ukraine conflict by the end of November. His intervention follows trilateral discussions between Russia, the United States and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, where European governments were absent from the negotiating table. The demand exposes growing tensions over who should influence a settlement, whether…