The annual donations returns were recently published, and the media focused on how CR parties had more than CL parties. They failed to look at the trend, In the table below I compare 2025 donations to ...
There is a lot going on in education.Significant reports that the changes in curriculum and method at a junior level are not having the desired effect. New English, maths primary curriculums had ...
New Zealanders don’t “really care” about the details of one of the Labour Party’s key election policies, leader Chris Hipkins claims. The New Zealand Future Fund, which Labour unveiled last October ...
Labour has admitted key details about its Future Fund, including the cost to the Crown and which state assets will be rolled into it, will not be released until after voters have gone to the polls. On ...
The Government has agreed to amend 19 pieces of legislation to ensure references to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are clear and consistent, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. "Over the ...
Nicola Willis and Paul Goldsmith have announced the following: A target to return the ratio of public servants to the population of 1.0%, meaning a target of 55,000 by 2029 A sinking lid on operating ...
News the Israeli embassy is moving to a new Wellington location, with some tenants currently unaware, is drawing parallels to “human shield” allegations made against Hamas. The Israeli Embassy is on ...
The PM gave a very significant speech recently. Matthew Hooton who is often fiercely critical of Luxon said it was "the most honest, realistic and substantive prime ministerial statement since the era ...
The Green Party wants the government to force power companies to cap power bill increases at the the rate of inflation. Power prices are going up because we have a shortage of supply. So the geniuses ...
Sir Kenneth Keith has died aged 88. He was one of the great NZ jurists - the NZ Supreme Court, the International Court of Justice, the Privy Council. I got to know him slightly when I worked at the NZ ...
My view is that IF the treaty is a document that unites us as one people, it can stay. Current interpretation is that it permanently divides us by race and therefore should be either amended ...
One of the most common questions I get asked by audiences is whether NZ First will go with National or Labour after the election. My response is that there is no reason to not take Winston at his word ...