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.

In an era of escalating strategic competition, the effectiveness of Australia’s government and national security apparatus hinges on its ability to use information with precision and agility. Yet, the ...

Northland sent another SOS signal this week. Last week Northland had a power pylon simply fall down on a still day. 100,000 properties lost power. Quickly restored, it underscored how vulnerable the ...

The waka of the National Party is a slick shiny speed machine that is built for speed and efficiency. It has a highly trained team of professional rowers that is supported by a rich club. Its strength ...

This is politics as it should and could be: human, honest while retaining boundaries, insightful without the need for politicking.

The Green Party has today released a collection of stories showing how dire the rental situation is in Aotearoa. “We put the call out for renters’ voices nearly a month ago and have been overwhelmed ...

Chris Hipkins is now set to become prime minister. I rather expected that would be the likely outcome. Helps the election campaign as it will mute the revolting misogynist arsehole conservatives of ...

Now I sure don’t like him, but the U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump makes more things possible in the Middle East than the Biden administration. For the sake of this proposal let’s make a whole group ...

Right wing twitter thought it was onto something big yesterday after there were revelations that Human Rights Commissioner Meng Foon had donated funds and cheap premises to Kiri Allan's election ...

Earlier this week the New Zealand Labour Party made a statement on Palestine and it was a good one. Certainly much better than the positions adopted by its sister Labour parties overseas.

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Halfway up a historic tower in York, we are neither up nor down. At the top you will have views of a city steeped in antiquity, made and remade by Romans, Normans, Vikings, Tescos. Below, you will ...