Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins recently disagreed on whether they think Māori ceded sovereignty when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. So I thought it would be interesting to see what ...

Stats NZ has reported the data from the census on sexual orientation and gender identity. It is very useful to have accurate population counts. Gender (Cis) Female 51.6% (Cis) Male 47.7% Trans female ...

Smith, who is a former director of Wellington Airport. He notes: The Officers’ paper, that vociferously argues to continue with the sales process, is a mixture of a well reasoned and economically ...

At Patreon, I have published my monthly summary of the polls in Australia, Canada, NZ, UK and US. The new UK Government is having a terrible time, and the US election is looking like I may come down ...

Readers will be aware of how WCC set up an inquiry into allegations a Councillor had leaked information to the media about the proposed corporate welfare deal with Reading Cinemas. Many months later ...

Today as the one-year anniversary of October 7 approaches I decided to counterprotest this week’s pro-Hamas march down Queen Street. I thought my experiences were worth narrating. Today’s message I ...

New Zealand’s Defence Minister has all but resigned herself to losing a $100m Navy ship, which struck a reef, burned, then sank while the 75 on board made a daring escape in strong currents and waves ...

Erica Stanford (Education) 4.01/5 Simeon Brown (Transport) 3.89/5 Nicola Willis (Finance) 3.88/5 Chris Bishop (Infrastructure) 3.88/5 Judith Collins (Defence) 3.74/5 Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister) ...

The Taxpayers' Union is telling Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst to 'grow up' after she used her casting vote to give committee voting rights, and a salary, to members of the Hastings District Youth ...

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith authorised “every constable” in New Zealand to take Kim Dotcom into custody and detain him until he could be handed over to American officials, as part of ongoing ...

The first anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel is approaching, and not a day since has passed when the consequences and after-shocks of that terrible day have not been felt ...

Liam Hehir sums them up: Waka-jumping laws are fundamentally undemocratic and wrong—except when a coalition agreement forces us to support them, after which we will vote for their repeal to affirm our ...