Suspended Green MP Darleen Tana has passed an unpleasant milestone: she has now been absent for as many parliamentary sitting days as she has been present for this year. Tana is on full pay while she ...

Coster, speaking to media today, said police know gang members commit a large amount of the crime in New Zealand - 8 per cent of all violence and 18 per cent of serious violence. That's an astonishing ...

New Zealand voted in favour of a resolution broadening Palestine’s participation at the United Nations General Assembly overnight, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. I think this sends an ...

I don't believe it is the job of Councils to provide free parking to car owners. They have a job in ensuring there is enough parking to meet demand, but not making it free. From an economic point of ...

Against a backdrop of high-profile, negative statistics it is easy to overlook the positive. For instance, the fact that 64 percent of Maori are employed is rarely reported. For context, the ...

The man responsible for a horror hit and run in central Wellington last year was on a suspended licence and was so drunk he later asked police, “Did I kill someone?” Jason Tuitama injured two women ...

The Education Review Office says too many new teachers feel poorly prepared for their jobs. In a report published on Monday, the review office said 60 percent of the principals it interviewed said ...

Details of Tony Blakely’s involvement in the New Zealand Government’s response to the pandemic raise serious questions about the work of the Covid-19 Royal Commission of Inquiry over which he presides ...

The answer is basically nothing, but write some sad letters. The Herald reports: Robertson wanted more information from KiwiRail on the cost and risk of alternative options to the mega ferries. He spe ...

Whanganui District Council’s elected representatives have called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and condemned all acts of violence and terror against civilians on all sides. I'm sure ...

David Seymour has done very well here. A few notes from me as the model/curriculum designer for two of the 2014-15 launched Charter Schools. South Auckland Middle School and Middle School West ...

Meanwhile, Three Strikes is coming back. Serious sexual and violent offenders automatically get the maximum sentence on their third conviction. This is not correct. The proposed law will exempt the ma ...