Megan Woods has announced she will go List only at the next election. There are two reasons for this. She was at serious risk of losing the seat at the next election. It is the most likely seat for ...

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Hon. Stuart Nash and Dr John Harman. Their combined expertise strengthens the ...

Surcharges will be axed to put money back in Kiwis’ pockets, says Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson. “Surcharges are a hassle and an unwelcome surprise when shoppers get to the till ...

Net farmer confidence has jumped from -66% a year ago to +33% in the Federated Farmers Survey. That's great news. I can't recall ever seeing such a dramatic change in just 12 months.

When our kids were little one of the books we often read them was “Bears in the Night” in which the young bears, hearing a noise outside, sneak out of the house at night, climb Spook Hill and then, te ...

Closing enrolment the day before advance voting starts, so that a final vote count can be done in a timely manner (In Australia it closes 26 days before the election) Banning provision of free food et ...

Dear Minister of Internal Affairs Van Velden, The National library has announced that there will be a closure today of the Molesworth Street library ground floor, from 11:30am to 3pm on Friday 1 ...

Do you recall Jacinda promised to solve homelessness? I think she said in four weeks. Would it surprise anyone to learn that according to the census, it increased 37%? The Homelessness Insights report ...

The directors of Nanogirl Labs have said the decision to appoint a liquidator for their company last year was devastating. “We poured our hearts and souls into our business, we believed profoundly in ...

Several respondents said their schools bankrolled literacy catch-up classes and training from the Kahui Ako scheme that gave some teachers release time for specialist work with other teachers in their ...

The Green Party and its closest mayoral candidate have independently come up with near-identical housing policies by targeting land banking with a promise of lessening future rates rises. The policy, ...

Paul Goldsmith has appointed the Judicial Conduct Panel into Acting Judge Ema Aitken. The members are: Honourable Brendan Brown KC. Brown will chair it. He was a Court of Appeal Judge for 8 years and ...