Radio NZ has their latest campaign story where they think that government should refuse to talk to companies they regulate. Their latest starts off: Alcohol lobbyists pushed health officials not to ...

Two professors of economics have 10 questions they would have out to former Ministers about Covid-19. Hopefully these have been put by the Royal Commission. They are: 1. When did you become aware, if ...

An interesting story by Chris Lynch. Left wing Councillor and mayoral candidate Sara Templeton said during an interview that under Lianne Dalziel Christchurch was resurfacing 5% of its roading network ...

I was sad to see Neil Quigley resign as Reserve Bank Chair, but not surprised. The lack of transparency over Orr's resignation was sub-standard. However to be fair, Quigley had a very challenging job.

The Taxpayer's Union has published the 2025 update of its list of local govt CEO salaries. As with last year, I group councils by size to get better comparisons. They range from $1,027,696 to $228,120 ...

I blogged a year ago on Barbie's Bill which seeks to implement a national register for standardised medical advance directives, and require them to be followed. The author has an update: Two ...

A new documentary about the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas has been booted from the Toronto International Film Festival — because organizers insist the filmmakers need the rights from the ...

A German neo-Nazi will be allowed to start serving an 18-month sentence in a women’s prison after he used a new government policy to register a change in gender. Sven Liebich, who has been ...

Kerre Woodham hosted Minister Stanford on Newstalk ZB during the week. There were positive aspects and responses to questions from callers. However, it came massively unstuck towards the end when ...

The gender pay gap was 5.2 percent in the June 2025 quarter, down from 8.2 percent in the June 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “The June 2025 quarter gender pay gap of 5 ...

No, perfectly valid @10:10 when posted – and this bit you obviously overlooked in your ‘article’ … The man said he wasn’t frustrated by the situation, because they didn’t take much. He also said he ...

James Kierstead at the NZ Initiative has done what hasn't been done before, and looked at how many university students are getting As compared to the past. His findings show rampant grade inflation. K ...