Anna Fifield

@annafifield

Independent New Zealand journalist and foreign affairs analyst, via the @washingtonpost and @financialtimes.

Aotearoa Joined August 2009

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Anna Fifield @annafifield Oct 25

We're talking NZ election and foreign policy at 9am NZT on Wednesday 👇

CSIS Australia Chair @AustraliaChair Oct 22

Join @CharlesEdel, @davidcapie, @annafifield, and @AnnaPowles at 4pm ET on October 27 to discuss the key political actors shaping New Zealand's election and the potential national and foreign policy implications of the outcome.
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Anna Fifield @annafifield Oct 25

Brazil is voting, New Zealanders can start voting, Israelis are getting ready to vote. Here’s my guide to the week ahead, with some reading about AI and tech broligarchs

annafifieldnz.substack.com/p/two-election…

Anna Fifield @annafifield Sep 10

Winston Peters is great at forging personal relationships — but has that advanced New Zealand's national interest? And will they endure after he’s no longer foreign minister?

My first magazine-style reported piece exclusively on Substack (free to read)

annafifieldnz.substack.com/p/the-winston-…

annafifieldnz.substack.com The Winston Peters Paradox He’s a nationalist internationalist, a xenophobic diplomat, a charming antagonist. What kind of legacy does Peters leave after three terms as foreign minister?

Anna Fifield @annafifield Aug 12

Purple Mountain Observatory, a research institution with links to the Chinese Communist Party and that is particularly interested in Antarctica, was found last year trying to install ground-based space infrastructure in New Zealand. My report: annafifieldnz.substack.com/p/chinese-spac…

Anna Fifield @annafifield May 30

SCOOP: US ‘Secretary of War’ Pete Hegseth says New Zealand isn’t spending enough on defence, that 3.5 percent of GDP is "the new global norm."
Here’s his answer to my question at the Shangri-La Dialogue:
annafifieldnz.substack.com/p/hegseth-call…