The Bank of England has announced that they plan to replace famous historical figures from their banknotes, and replace them with cute animals. No I'm not joking. They cite a poll and the fact animals ...

CBS News has run a story that should be unexceptional, but is in fact very rare. It was a story about widespread fraud of taxpayer subsidies. Such stories previously have only been done by bloggers ...

A prominent backer of the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme says he's already fielding interest from international investors. It is a project that has been around for years, picked up by the last Labour ...

I do not have a strong opinion on the death penalty one way or the other, although I lean against it. The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to establish that regardless of where one stands on ...

The Herald has done an article alleging that somehow the Papakura selection was unfair because Emma Chatterton, who won, entered the meeting with Erica Stanford. I have no view on the outcome of the ...

Police allege the woman at the centre of the Jevon McSkimming controversy – known as Ms Z – sent dozens of “threatening” and “highly disparaging” emails to the wife of the detective investigating her.

A project to extend Hamilton Airport runway will receive a $6.5 million loan from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, boosting resilience for Waikato and the national aviation network, Regional ...

A speculative post by PaulL, occasional poster and commenter. Sources of electricity in NZ are back in the news, and the Lake Onslow pumped hydro is being considered as a privately funded scheme. I ...

New Zealand is not planning to build any new single-sex state schools, even as research suggests some students - especially girls in some settings - can do better in them. The difference in outcomes ...

In a decision published today, the Authority determined it can accept, and is required to consider under the Broadcasting Act, complaints about The Platform’s Live Talkback programme, because the prog ...

Its draft “Statement on Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety” begins with the obvious – “Aotearoa New Zealand has a culturally diverse population” – but leaps ahead to assert: “Some dimensions of ...

So which Cabinet Minister also supported Clint Rickards July 16, 2018 Rickards and Veitch November 21, 2008 The Rickards payout November 20, 2008 Rickards allowed to practice law November 13, 2008 ...