The audio of an exercise by Labour candidates and supporters in the Wellington region on how to avoid answering difficult questions from the public has been widely leaked. … Edmonds: “Every week I ...

Wellington is set to lose what is described as its only sexual harm prevention organisation, with Government funding cuts blamed. RespectEd Aotearoa ‒ founded in 2015 by Wellington Rape Crisis, ...

Oliver Hartwich has written a very enjoyable satirical novella, called The Martian Audit. An extract from Chapter 1: Xylos lowered the ramp. He stepped out, ready to embrace the acoustic guitar ...

I'm amused that Labour parties always claim they are the party of diversity, yet UK Labour is about to replace their white male leader with another white male leader (Milliband or Burnham). All 19 ...

Charlotte Stanley, general manager of regulator Charities Services, addressed the Charities Review Board in July 2024 to deliver the findings of a five-year investigation into political funding by the ...

There are often calls for the US Cabinet to remove Donald Trump from office using the 25th amendment. One of the lawyers who helped draft the 25th amendment makes an important point: Its purpose is ...

There are good reasons for our politicians to look seriously at the long-term affordability of superannuation. It is by far our largest benefit, and largest single-ticket item, taking up around 16.6% ...

My view is that IF the treaty is a document that unites us as one people, it can stay. Current interpretation is that it permanently divides us by race and therefore should be either amended ...

One of the most common questions I get asked by audiences is whether NZ First will go with National or Labour after the election. My response is that there is no reason to not take Winston at his word ...

There is a lot going on in education.Significant reports that the changes in curriculum and method at a junior level are not having the desired effect. New English, maths primary curriculums had ...

Winston Peters announced that NZ First wants to go down the path of Karl Marx and nationalise the BNZ, basically because it was once owned by the Government around 40 years ago. The BNZ constitutes ...

Deakin University associate criminology professor Dr James Martin told RNZ the Australian approach had relied on enforcement to suppress the black market. “This has been really ineffective,” he said. ...