Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Five eyes fury overhypedCOMMENTAustralia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne seems to have settled it. The warnings that New Zealand could be thrown out of the Five Eyes alliance over Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta's speech appear overblown. But they show displeasure when they need to, and there was none over our position on Five Eyes. According to The Times and The Telegraph, we've cut Five Eyes down to four and "Jacinda Ardern is now the West's woke weak link". Of course, the frustration expressed by foreign commentators isn't coming from nowhere entirely.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 24, 2021 17:04 UTC