For the first time ever, ACT is looking to stand candidates in local council elections. Today ACT Leader David Seymour announced the Party is seeking expressions of interest from New Zealanders to ...

The Government’s move to cut public sector spending on consultants and contractors is on track to save $800 million over two years – double the initial target, Public Service Minister Judith Collins ...

This is of course all the work of the Green Party Police and Corrections Spokesperson, Tamatha Paul. I think it is fair to conclude that there is a pattern.

Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell has a simple proposed members' bill to amend the Bill of Rights Act to have equal suffrage extend to local government. Equal suffrage is a fundamental human right. The ...

The latest CNN/SRSS poll has the Democrats historically unfavourable. That is an awful trend. So in Bush's second term, they were very popular. Then they fell away in Obama's first term, rebounded, ...

And what was the result of the police investigation into Hana Maipi Rawhiti-Clarke’s ram raid? From an OIA the police said – we are no longer investigating. That was it, no ot ...

Some useful recommendations from the LGNZ working group on local elections. Move to a nationally consistent system of in-person voting for all local elections that is as similar as possible to ...

I noticed a few weeks ago that WCC rubbish bags were now $4 each at the supermarket. I could recall when they were $2.50 each and was interested in when they increased so much. I asked WCC. In 2020 ...

I analyse the proposed new boundaries for the 2026 general election, the likely impact on each seat for each MP, and which seats flip on paper - plus which MP is out of a job. My prediction last year ...

Jerry Coyne has found a wonderful new research paper. The abstract is: This article offers a queer lesbian feminist analysis attuned to lesbian-queer-trans-canine relationalities. Specifically, the ...

The NZ version of the deep state appears to be the NZ Public Health Service. They regards themselves as having a divine right to opine on every issue of the day from capitalism to building design.

Thousands of jobs faced the axe last night after Sir Keir Starmer announced NHSEngland will be scrapped in a bid to slash red tape. He hopes that ditching the ‘world’s largest quango’ will save ...