Speaking in Māori, former party president Dame Naida Glavish said Te Pāti Māori was not established to belittle people, but rather for the betterment of all Māori. She said that had not been evident ...

How many stories have you seen in the Media where some group is complaining about there being less of a focus on the Treaty of Waitangi in the education system? I've lost count, but it is scores and ...

Attended a breakfast meeting with Cardinal John Dew where he spoke about the recent Papal Conclave. I found aspects of it very interesting, and thought readers might also. I asked how well the ...

National announced that if re-elected they will increase the default KiwiSaver contribution rates from 3% to 4% (already announced as government policy) and then to 6%. The rates will be: April 2026 - ...

A jury deliberating whether a young couple committed murder in a bizarre case involving a festering tenancy dispute and a hired armed “muscle” man dressed as a soldier have found the defendants not ...

The ERO has done a report on the impact of removing cellphones from schools. Their major findings: Around eight in ten secondary leaders (83 percent) and teachers (79 percent) report prohibiting phone ...

Cabinet has agreed to introduce new safeguards on the prescribing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, while ensuring patients with medical needs can continue to access appropriate care, ...

Newsroom has an article on the 10 SOEs that a Government could sell. I've done a matrix looking at which could be best to sell. The competitive column is on whether those companies face much ...

For more than 20 years, temporary traffic management (TTM) in New Zealand has been guided by the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (COPTTM). This 567-page tome lays out in painstaking ...

The NRL’s first openly gay player has slammed the NZ Breakers as “cowards” for not wearing the rainbow Pride flag in next year’s NBL Pride Round. The Breakers are the second club to opt out of the ...

By Lucy Rogers Today I was the latest recipient in a series of antisemitic postcards which have been sent to members of the Jewish community and allies across NZ over the last few weeks in an attempt ...

The Tamihere faction of Te Pati Maori may end up the victors, but a pyrrhic victory. I understand that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is consulting her electorate over the next two weeks on whether she ...