This week, the Treasury barred representatives from the Council of Trade Unions and the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union from attending its restricted briefing for the Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update ...

My 2024 predictions were here. How did I do. The three parties of Government will outpoll the three parties of opposition in at least 90% of public polls in 2024. Was around 80% only so 0/1 The 2024 ...

The GDP data is bad - very bad. The economy has shrunk in the last two quarters. The question is why. There are two broad arguments. They are: This is due to the austerity regime of Nicola Willis and ...

What’s unusual lately, though, is to see university administrators taking public stands on contentious political events, shutting down or de-platforming certain people, and imposing particular ...

Stats NZ is reviewing its systems after data incorrectly overstated Wellington's job losses. As more Health New Zealand cuts were revealed, business employment data painted a very bleak picture of the ...

She was recently at the Northern Club in Auckland, heard Winston Peters say something and responded by questioning the veracity of what he said. Greg is trying to defend the Judge, but is making it ...

Most of us have by now no doubt seen the start of an interview with David Seymour on TV One Breakfast where he took the host to task for the manner in which the discussion was introduced. Essentially ...

Charity regulators have moved to deregister high-profile social services provider Waipareira, concluding a long-running investigation into its funding of chief executive John Tamihere’s political ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the House of Commons should be recalled now that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is vowing to bring forward a motion of non-confidence to take down the Liberal ...

Labour’s finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds has replaced a graph that incorrectly stated the Ardern-Hipkins Government reduced New Zealand’s debt levels by about $31 billion in its second term. ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will not attend the national Waitangi Day events at Waitangi next year, he has confirmed. His confirmation followed a letter from Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti organisers on ...

Periodically I do something stupid in some way to do with activity. A few bike crashes, stopping myself with my face when running down a forest track, ripping my knee open in an off-road duathon, a ...