The radicals on the right are radical because they don’t want to see crime … The radicals on the left are the problem – and they are vicious and horrible and politically savvy. They want men in ...

Tobacco and Atlas Network linked Taxpayers Union (not even a union, by the way) appears to be pressuring local councillors to ...

It appears that not all policy will be subject to these requirements. Especially if they affect rich foreigners buying local mansions. Associate Finance Minister David Seymour, who has responsibility ...

In 2023, special votes meant National lost 2 seats and could not govern with ACT alone. The Green Party and Te Pati Māori gained after special votes were counted (special votes include from people who ...

Watching NZME Newstalk ZB is like watching Fox News to my mind. Earlier in the year, Fox hosted then “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency) head Elon Musk where he spouted the “benefits” of his ...

Perhaps the biggest news from a jam packed news week is how, under National’s Health Ministers Shane Reti & Simeon Brown, Health NZ illegally hid staffing data for over a year to conceal their ...

Simeon Brown plays with Kiwi lives By: Mountain Tui - 5:55 pm, September 5th, 2025 - 6 comments Perhaps the biggest news from a jam packed news week is how, under National’s Health Ministers Shane ...

Sometimes it’s a fine line between disagreement, criticism, hostility, and personal attacks and this line easily blurs or disappears from sight altogether. It almost never is at the level of a single ...

A track record of deception and pro tobacco industry policies is becoming evident in the Coalition. Casey Costello is at it again, this time quietly halving excise tax for some tobacco products. This ...

Winston Peters Has Sold Our Country Out For Peanuts Yes, even putting aside its utter ineffectiveness as an “economic policy”, and allowance for managed funds as an “investment”, it’s also an ...

In the words of the Prophet Springsteen: "At the end of every hard-earned day people find some reason to believe" (Nebraska). It is complacent to presume voter party loyalty if you don't give them ...

Defence cost us more than $6.7 billion in 2023/24. Why does our small, remote country have such a costly defence force? Is it fit for purpose – and in 2024, what is that purpose?