Government proposes sweeping changes to alcohol laws The changes are far from sweeping. They are good, and tidy up some stupid stuff, but it is not a major change. Limiting who can object to a licence ...

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 ...

A sex worker rights group claims the Green Party has barred their chair from becoming a potential MP, saying she was told it would “distract” from the Green Party’s messaging goals. Fired Up Stilettos ...

"We are absolutely determined to hold the existing six Māori seats, and hopefully also win Ikaroa-Rawhiti. Only by doing ...

The credibility of Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has taken yet another blow. On Friday, the Herald exclusively revealed on its front page that Hipkins, the former Covid Response Minister, was made ...

I've seen a lot of people on the left demanding that NZ implement petrol rationing immediately, to prepare for when the supply to NZ of petrol and diesel reduces. They are trying to portray the ...

I recently used Lumini (AI firm specialising in public policy) to work out how many written questions each opposition MP has asked in the last 12 months. Written questions are a way you can gather ...

Wellingtonians have delivered a muted rejection to the Government’s $2.9 billion to $3.8b planned tunnels and highway extensions through the heart of the city, with the loudest shout of “no” coming ...

During March 2021 I was contacted by a very high credibility NZer (now US citizen) who was working for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Albany, NY. Regeneron is a US$31.3billion company. They had chosen ...

NewstalkZB reports: Ōhope man Gordon Dickson knew perfectly well what he was doing when he slipped a red suitcase through the automatic doors of the Whakatāne District Council building, sparking a ...