On the same day that National had Parliament pass onerous anti gang laws to address allegedly dramatically increasing numbers ...

Christopher Luxon yesterday celebrated a 22% reduction in crime in Downtown Auckland even though crime in the Auckland region ...

This is what David Seymour was told. But he and the Government still chose to push through significant cuts to the scheme.

The Civilian, a site that dedicates itself to “All the news that’s fit on a page” is back – along with the unemployment rates rising. Hopefully for readers this will last a while ...

The Government is considering how to shunt elderly people out of hospitals, and also how to cut their access to other support. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāKia ora. Long stories short, here’s my ...

Since taking office, the climate-denier National government has gutted agricultural emissions pricing, ended the clean car discount, repealed water quality standards which would have reduced ...

Good morning, lovely people. Don’t worry. This isn’t really a newsletter, just a quick note. I’m sitting in our lounge, looking out over a gloomy sky. Although being Rotorua, the view is periodically ...

This advice from the Attorney General is required to be very clear, legally based, and non-partisan. If it isn’t then it provides a basis for a constitutional crisis if it passes parliament in an ...

Good morning, lovely people. Don’t worry. This isn’t really a newsletter, just a quick note. I’m sitting in our lounge, looking out over a gloomy sky. Although being Rotorua, the view is periodically ...

Far, far away from here lives our King. Some of his subjects can be quite the forelock tuggers, but plenty of us are not like that, and why don't I wheel out my favourite old story once more about ...

The government has a problem: lots of people want information from it all the time. Information about benefits, about superannuation, ACC coverage and healthcare, taxes, jury service, immigration - ...