The other reason that National has reason to be disgusted at New Zealand First this week is because it is reinventing history in terms of its role in the ban on new oil and gas exploration in 2018.

Stuart Nash has confirmed he has resigned as a New Zealand First candidate, after backlash over his comments had become “a significant distraction”. It comes after Nash accused National’s Napier MP ...

A Labour MP is accusing Act’s Paul Henry of making a “death threat” against leader Chris Hipkins in a radio game, but the former broadcaster says there was no “violent rhetoric” and it was “plainly ...

This is the latest data. Regular attendance dropped 16 percentage points or 25% from 2017 to 2023. A disaster. Since 2023 it has increased 17 percentage points or 37%. In real terms there are 157,000 ...

Readers should click on the tweet above and read it in full. Basically he makes the following points: Our current global population of 8+ billion people is only alive because of a supply chain ...

“History in its making” – readers will have noticed how “give or take possibly 5000 people being potentially protected” within a short sentence or two, became “those 5000 people, who don’t know who ...

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 ...

A guest post by: Artem Muravev: ...

The annual report of the Assisted Dying Registrar is here. Some key aspects: ...

I received the following e-mail (names redacted by me) a couple of months ago: This report summarises a series of serious allegations and concerns raised regarding conduct associated with the ...

July 19, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 19 July 2026 ...

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 ...