ACT have announced Paul Henry will be a list only candidate for them. This is good for ACT. Henry is an incredibly talented broadcaster and communicator. He will draw crowds on the campaign trail, and ...

Having lived in Australia and the UK, as well as of course being raised in NZ (all combined for well longer than my time in the US), and having more than half of my regular business colleagues based ...

Sad to hear that Sam Neill has died (he had cancer but was free, however died of pneumonia which may be due to his weakened immune system) and NZ has lost arguably its greatest actor. I first saw him ...

Nicole McKee becoming ACT Deputy Leader means that four of the six leadership roles in the Coalition are now held by Maori NZers. Six out of 20 Cabinet Ministers are Māori - a massive 30% (double the ...

It’s hard to see Adam Smith’s invisible hand of the market, perhaps that’s why media don’t report on its many successes. They’re first to complain when things go wrong, but who’s around to praise the ...

A former Te Pāti Māori co-leader says a change of leadership would see the pary’s supporters “come home”, after being approached by many who are “frustrated and uncertain”. Te Ururoa Flavell wrote on ...

Welfare fraudster should be NZer of the Year! December 16, 2017 Maybe Metiria should be NZer of the Year? August 25, 2017 A hard choice August 17, 2017 Guest Post: Three Disgraced MP’s – and the media ...

‘Way to go Paddies’ I think you’ll find the people responsible for this particular expression of ugly sectarianism don’t represent the majority of “Paddies” at all. In recent years that committee has ...

A guest post by Fish Across Face: This follows on from my recent post about the NZ media ecosystem and focusses more on the central challenge faced by the state radio broadcaster. It’s now clear RNZ ...

The US Secret Service did not receive 102 local radio transmissions about the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to ...

Victoria University of Wellington wants the teachers it trains to be ‘agents of change.’ According to the university’s handbook for teacher education programmes, teaching graduates must be committed ...