The Green Party is accusing Treasury of politicisation after the department suggested a more conservative reading of its own wealth tax analysis than what the Greens had used to model their ...

In March 2020, a group of influential virologists published a paper in the journal Nature Medicine arguing that an animal spillover event probably caused the pandemic. The article, known as ‘The ...

National has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected. The party is also proposing to revive a policy that allows parents to take some or all of their leave at the same ...

By Lucy Rogers I have previously criticised the anti-Israel movement for being intellectually dishonest, and provided examples: At the time I did not cover why people are intellectually dishonest ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins wasn’t happy when new ACT Party candidate Paul Henry said he’d need to “shoot” Hipkins, during a game of “shoot, shag, marry”. His other options were Prime Minister ...

July 25, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 25 July 2026 ...

As many readers will know 78 year-old Ann Widdecombe was (allegedly) murdered by a 28 year old. The murder is extremely disturbing, but so has been the Police statements on it. The 28 year old, Joshua ...

New Zealand’s consumers price index (CPI) increased 4.1 percent in the 12 months to the June 2026 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The largest upwards contributor to the ...

It is clear – from school feedback and an Auditor General’s report that the current school lunch programme is beset with issues. Societally it is controversial as our history in this area has been ...

Agreed it’s mostly about the polling. The Nats have been bleeding votes in more than one direction. Their solution to the rightward bleed is this belated attempt to signal opposition to co-governance ...