As parents, teachers and community leaders shivered together on that wintry morning, the project was already in trouble: costs had blown out from an estimated $63m to a staggering $405m. $400 million ...

As the HRC “invests approximately $120 million per year on behalf of government”, what independent analysis, if any, has the HRC undertaken to ensure the almost three-quarters of a billion dollars ...

A guest post by John Stringer: As is usual on Kiwiblog (and other NZ sites) there are habitual ‘Trolls.‘ Unfortunately any pro-Israel statements, and even my blog series on archaeology in Israel, ...

31% of 2 nd strikers were sentenced to less than 2 years imprisonment (or no imprisonment) 22% of 2 nd strikers were sentenced to 2 – 3 years imprisonment 47% of 2 nd strikers were sentenced to more ...

Newshub can reveal a fresh allegation of intimidation against Green MP Julie-Anne Genter. Genter is subject to a disciplinary process for aggressively waving a book in the face of National Minister ...

A couple days ago I pointed to NZIER's figures on the case for strengthening the Christchurch cathedral. I think it's better to view this whole exercise as making clear what we'd need to believe if we ...

TVNZ says it is dealing with about 50 formal complaints over its coverage of the latest 1News-Verian political poll, with some viewers - as well as the Prime Minister and a former senior Labour MP - ...

Winston Peters in Radio NZ referred to former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr (who is an opponent of AUKUS) as being very close to China (but more bluntly and significantly). Bob Carr has ...

In the wake of shock and horror over an IPSOS survey that suggested nearly two thirds of New Zealanders think the economy is “rigged to advantage the rich and powerful” and want “a strong leader to ...

An SEP,’ he said, ‘is something that we can’t see, or don’t see, or our brain doesn’t let us see, because we think that it’s somebody else’s problem. That’s what SEP means. Somebody Else’s Problem.

An interview in the NY Times tell us something very interesting: And you mentioned that Governor Shapiro was able to relax and pause a bunch of rules. What he was able to do was declare a state of ...

Banks want government support for a national anti-scam centre - and say other industries and search engines should help out too. The banking sector has been under fire for deficiencies in its payment ...