By Lucy Rogers I read an excellent Herald article today showing that arming cops with lethal weapons is an Utterly Stupid Idea: You can find it if you scroll down the Herald website for long enough, ...

Unrepentant, Labour’s finance team should at least consider being embarrassed by their boorish heckling of the Finance Minister. Far from presenting a government in waiting to steward New Zealand out ...

A great parody of the famous Monthy Python skit where Jews sit around moaning that the Romans took everything from them, and never did anything good for them - except for ... It is very pertinent when ...

A controversial piece of artwork that prompted 101 complaints in a week has now been stolen from a Hastings art gallery. The installation, Flagging the Future, at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings ...

Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has been reinstated after an interim judgment by the High Court. The Te Tai Tokerau MP had sought the injunction against her party’s decision to expel her, ...

Media have reported that there may be a debate between Nicola Willis and Ruth Richardson over fiscal policy. I thought it would be useful to lay out what I see as the key fiscal problem, and put ...

It is interesting to look at the list of Maori MPs who have won general electorates in NZ. The list is: James Carroll, Liberal, 1893 Rex Austin, National, 1975 Ben Couch, National, 1975 Winston Peters ...

When speaking to 1News yesterday, Ms Leary was asked "do you use ChatGPT to generate any of your questions?" Ms Leary told the reporter she did not "directly use ChatGPT to ask questions". "I use AI ...

Eastlander: I have always thought the way Maori treat death to be much superior to what was until quite recently, European practice. I remember when a close friend’s mother died about 25 years ago ...

Cameron Slater exclusively reported on allegations by long-time union leader Matt McCarten against Willie Jackson and his wife around bullying at the Manukau Urban Maori Authority. I blogged about ...