Te Pāti Māori are calling for a by-election and the establishment of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) after the National Party’s donation botch. On this issue I agree with them. I ...

A chasm is opening in New Zealand’s traditionally bipartisan foreign policy regarding the Government’s potential involvement in Pillar II of Aukus. If not managed carefully by the National and Labour ...

And although Golriz Ghahraman resigned on Jan 16 she still incurred $11,920 of expenses. That includes $6,292 of accommodation costs which may have committed. But $4,738 of ‘surface’ travel? That does ...

In this Insight, we analyse anonymised NCEA data linked to later employment for the recent cohort of primary teachers to better understand what might be driving secondary students’ falling performance ...

Auckland Council has spent almost $150,000 on a statue at a park where it later removed a rubbish bin, sparking outrage from the chairman of the council’s revenue committee. The council is removing a ...

Published in Social Science & Medicine, the study found nearly 30% of the country’s vape stores are within 400 metres of a school and 71% are within 800 metres. Author and Canterbury University public ...

Stats NZ will abandon its office space in Auckland central at the end of this year after numerous staff expressed safety concerns about leaving the premises due to an increasing level of "intimidating ...

More than 50 mayors and regional council chairpersons have penned a letter to the Government, criticising their bill that would require councils to hold referendums on Māori wards established without ...

Applause and cheers erupted in the House on Wednesday afternoon as Children's Minister Karen Chhour condemned Te Pāti Māori's insults about her upbringing. Chhour, who grew up in state care, is ...

With the respective camps’ announcement Biden and Trump WILL debate one another, the race for the 60th quadrennial Presidential election is on. (It’s Nov 5; NZ 6th). More to come on the detail, but I ...

If you have enough time, click on the link and scroll down. Almost 300 pogroms and the like chronciled.

When Whanau Ora chief executive John Tamihere was asked what his expectations for the Budget next Thursday were, he said: “All hope is lost.” Last year Whānau Ora was allocated $163.1 million in the B ...