Te Pāti Māori arrived at Waitangi with a new campaign pledge, and a bold ultimatum. Co-leader Rawiri Waititi announced Tuesday a bottom line for any potential coalition partner, saying there must be a ...

As I have written elsewhere, the bias and unfairness of postmodernism (which is what “wokeness” is, although I prefer not to use the term in public discourse) in relation to the Palestine/ Israel conf ...

A man who threw hot water on his neighbour before slamming his arm in a door has had his tenancy with Kāinga Ora terminated. ... The neighbour said he suffered burns to the side of his face, and ...

Dunedin’s new hospital will be built on the old Cadbury factory site despite several “construction challenges”, Health Minister Simeon Brown confirmed today. The Government has also released details ...

UFC president Dana White has delivered a stern response to anti-Semitic comments made by one of the promotion’s fighters, but said there would be no punishment. UFC featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchel ...

Last month saw me tramp the Paparoa Track, made NZ's 10th Great Walk a few years ago. There were five of us. We flew into Hokitika and spent the day prior in Greymouth. We were staying a km or so out ...

I analyse who will be the winners and loses from President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China.

Labour’s Jan Tinetti’s attempt to criticise the Government’s free school lunch programme has backfired after she laid into a burger made when her party was in power. An online video, shared to Labour ...

The 67 deaths from the crash between a plane and a military helicopter in Washington DC is a terrible loss of life, and has a huge impact on perceptions of air safety. Some air accidents are not ...

Labour saw a massive blowout in those waiting for public housing from 2017 to 2022, and now it is down to 2020 levels. This is a good thing.

The tenants of two Kāinga Ora homes in Porirua have been ousted after failing to pay the rent, as the public housing landlord implements a harder line on breaches of tenancy agreements. Kāinga Ora ...

When Don Brash was Governor of the Reserve Bank, it turned out he would do his own laundry while travelling, to save the Reserve Bank money. He always saw whatever they spent, as ultimately being ...