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 ...

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 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 ...

The Media Council has upheld a complaint against a Bryce Edwards article published on RNZ's website that incorrectly stated that Labour went into the 2020 election promising to break up the ...

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 ...

"We also desperately need public adult education in science literacy." And statistics. My pet hate is science reporters ignoring absolute vs relative risk, eg "Eating X increases your risk of cancer Y ...

Nigel Haworth argues that the 2012 reforms of the Labour Party created a perverse effect. Not to engender stronger member voice, but to empower a managerial model akin to a Piketty's Brahmin caste. It ...