Andrew Little says our government is willing to “explore” participating in AUKUS Pillar 2, but “foreign or local voices would not be a factor.” Our leaders will decide he says. I say “taihoa.” ...

Chris Luxon has doubled down on a dog whistle attack on South Auckland garages by apologising if anyone was offended, thereby ignoring most of South Auckland who were definitely offended.

We have remarkably little democracy left in New Zealand. Prior to 1989 we had hundreds of little borough councils, from Kaitaia to Glen Eden to Winton. We had County Councils from the Bay of Islands ...

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark – the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory – gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when ...

There is a suppression in place on parts of the Phillips case/shooting. We don't know what it covers because (stupidly) the courts do not inform us on what is covered. So everything is suppressed here ...

Hence there are lots of average kiwis who likely have mortgages against their houses to invest in their businesses and are providing jobs to other kiwis. For example, my brother and myself together ...

Gerard Otto recently posted on his Facebook page an account of a Labour Party meeting, held on Waiheke, in which David Parker discussed taxation and ways in which Labour might address growing income ...

The current government won't do it because it would have to admit that the climate crisis is real, serious and imminent. And then most of it's other policy would look as daft as it is. The Greens ...

"The projected mix of labour/greens/tpm has the potential to effect real/needed change". Potential is no good without the will to do something with it and that seems to be lacking at the moment.

Shane Reti has said publicly that privatising health is not his overt policy. Which suggests strongly that it is his covert policy, especially given that he wants to increase the relationship with and ...

Although ferry news has dominated politics this week there was another event that also deserves intense attention. This week saw the committee stages of the Fast-Track Approvals Bill. The bill has ...

The country’s four main power companies have signed an agreement to stockpile coal and to extend the life of the coal-fired Huntly power station. Genesis, Mercury, Contact, and Meridian control 85% of ...