Waititi said the removal of the homeless people was “callous attacks” on “vulnerable whānau”. He said they were woken by police, trespassed like criminals and had their belongings “tipped out, broken, ...

Whakatāne Mayor Victor Luca has made an appeal to the Government for support to keep Air Chathams flying out of Whakatāne. A response from Associate Transport Minister James Meager has provided hope, ...

The PSA would have you think that the Government has culled a huge proportion of the public service, as they hysterically oppose even the most minor reductions in staff numbers. Of course they have a ...

I wrote recently how the PM dislikes taking a stand on issues, until he sees how the land lies. That may have be a better approach before he came out guns blazing reprimanding the Israel Defence Force ...

"Apology to David Garrett In the event my statement “Our tough on guy on crime got convicted” has been interpreted as a reference to former Act MP David Garrett, I wish to make it clear that Mr ...

The 119 individuals and families profiled are now collectively worth $102.1 billion – up from $95.55 billion last year. To put this in perspective, that’s more than 40% of the nation’s GDP ...

One powerful indicator of the government’s true intent with reigning in the way they spend taxpayer’s income is the size of the Public Sector workforce. For the second successive quarter the size of ...

While Māori business success is worth celebrating, the Crown’s quiet offloading of Treaty obligations onto non-Māori citizens is tilting the market—and it’s time we talked about it. ------------------ ...

On February 13, 2025, Hamit Coskun set fire to his copy of the Quran outside the Turkish embassy in London. Coskun—an atheist who fled persecution from the Turkish authorities in 2022—was there to ...

Matt Goodwin looks at how current migration trends will change the UK, if unchanged. Key findings: The proportion of the UK that is "White British" will drop from 73% today to 57% in 2050 and 34% in 2 ...

First of all AUKUS is probably dead as far as NZ is concerned. Trump doesn't see allies, just cost centres. He will not see any benefit in the US sharing military technology with New Zealand. Hell, he ...

KiwiSaver is about to change again. The Budget announced an increase in the minimum employee contribution (from 3% to 4%) over three years and in the matching minimum contributions paid by employers.