I suspect the usual suspects will call the Budget just released an austerity budget. They are lying. Austerity has a specific meaning. It is when you cut overall expenditure. It doesn't mean they have ...

An economist from New Zealand’s largest bank said the Labour Government went on a “debt-funded spending spree”, leaving a fiscal mess for the current Government to clean up. ANZ economist Miles ...

Andrew Little has promised to act on what Wellingtonians want: saving Begonia House and Khandallah Pool and complete the Karori Event Centre. However, the Wellington mayoral candidate did not make any ...

The Labour Party can't form a potential Government without TPM, so they appear to have decided to go all in on their behalf. Evidence: After Chris Bishop calls their bluff and delays the vote on the ...

Biden's health has been very big news this week, around two issues - his dementia and his cancer diagnosis. The dementia issue was front and centre because of two books released about the cover up ...

Auckland Council has settled on an innovative approach to combating climate change: spend around $36 million a year on reducing New Zealand’s carbon footprint without reducing net emissions by a gram.

Stuff has a very good article on the issues around former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevan McSkimming. It doesn't cover everything, as some issues are before the courts, but there is one part I want ...

I've been reflecting on the Stuff column where a journalist used the c word against female Ministers because she disagreed with a policy decision of the Government. Because I think it tells us ...

Quite a few interesting things said by David Parker in his valedictory speech: Dame Anne Salmond describes the Treaty as an exchange of gifts—tuku—between the Queen for her subjects and a rangatira on ...

Radio NZ had a terrible article on the Privileges Committee report. As you can see above, an incredibly biased emotive article - and one funded by taxpayers! Richard Harman also gets it wrong saying: ...

Deborah Coddington has penned a great tribute to Sir Bob Jones. She was a very good friend, and has captured Sir Bob so very well - warts and all.

May 2018 - article on Ron Mark calling a female MP a petal Sep 2018 - column by Andrea Vance saying people need to play the ball, not the woman, decrying sexist terms against female MPs Jan 2019 - ...