Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po has called on Māori to change the trajectory for future generations, urging her people to move from the legacy of Raupatu to a future of Rauora. In her second ...

In what would have been a hotly contested selection, National has selected Jessica Rowe for the safe seat of Kaipara ki Mahurangi, vacated by Chris Penk. She grew up locally in Riverhead, became a ...

The draft report said the most significant example in a pattern of incorrect information from FENZ was about 30 MAN fire trucks bought in 2019 after a cold-call sales pitch. There was no procurement ...

I will buddy, I am posting this from North Shore Hospital, in the last 16 years I have used the health system reasonably extensively, both seriously and not so seriously, been going to the same doctor ...

The Constitution Act is not supreme law. So putting these principles in there doesn’t impact any particular court decisions, but it is an important assertion of democratic values. ACT will add ...

This week showcased the unfortunately strong case for depoliticising political decisions. First, a group of politicians in Cabinet made a regrettable call that some of them were clearly regretting as ...

Te Pāti Māori not only released a radical Treaty of Waitangi policy this week that would upend New Zealand’s democracy as we know it, co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said the whole policy was a bottom ...

University Entrance (UE) for LEAVERS Three notes: - The leavers data includes all students who begin a school year and leave during, or at the end of the year, from any Year level – and don’t enroll ...

National under Christopher Luxon with `his little helpers’ Tama Potaka and Paul Goldsmith at his side could well support entrenchment of The Treaty Of Waitangi – lets call it by its proper name. After ...

Te Pati Maori are trying to use the Māori seats to engineer overhang seats, to try and lock the centre right out of power – even if they win more votes. But recent law changes means the potential ...

⚬ Provide over $20 million annually in funding for Māori trade training. ⚬ Cap public transport fares. ⚬ Offer free doctor’s visits and free prescriptions to ease financial pressures on Māori ...

Newly published data shows a continued decline in the sale of cigarettes and tobacco, Associate Health Minister Casey Costello said today. “The figures are encouraging and are consistent with the long ...