Scientist Dr Mike Joy is making no apologies for an internet post in which he criticises the dairy industry about nitrate contamination of drinking water and asks: “How about we bring back hanging for ...

Approving the Organics Processing Solution on 7 August also approved the wider “Zero Waste” Programme because the partner “Collections” Project for new bins is already approved. Last week’s decision ...

If the voters of Tamaki Makarau send Oriini Kaipara to Parliament this Saturday they need a collective mental health assessment where the first question should be “are you barking mad?” In the history ...

Learning to read is the first step in school education. It is essential to later learning. At first, it is also very difficult. Things are made much easier for beginning readers if they are explicitly ...

The left wing Third Way organisation has published a list of 45 words other than says Democrats (the left) should avoid using as they alienate people. Sadly for the, I doubt the right people will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

I was listening to a TRIP interview with Nicola Sturgeon and she spoke about how the miners strike against Thatcher was influential on her growing up. It made me wonder about the union leader Arthur ...

September 1, 2025 8:00am by Kokila PatelGeneral Debate 01 September 2025 ...

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 ...