Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon needs to step in after NZ First leader Winston Peters made allegedly “xenophobic” comments about him. Act leader David Seymour has ...

Wayne Brown says he’s standing for Auckland mayor again to continue the “real progress” he’s made over the past three years. This isn't based on any polling, but I think Wayne Brown is well placed to ...

I posted re the need to significantly improve education for Maori young people: Citing one problem situation does not exclude others so I promised to do a brief look at some education stats from the ...

The recent events in the Tasman Sea and around Ukraine have me asking in my Patreon (paywalled) whether it is time for NZ to panic. It isn't, but we should be very very concerned.

In my seven years as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, we brought 130 cases of political corruption. Though I have been a lifelong Republican, corruption has no party—the ...

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger has asked Council staff to reconsider their decision not to support an official 175th Canterbury anniversary celebration. The move follows a public backlash over the ...

I'm in Methven for the annual Bluegreens Forum. I've wanted to attend previous ones, but have not had the time. I'm really looking forward to this one for a number of reasons, as someone who has a ...

A recent study published in The Lancet (Goodyear et al., 2025) has generated newsheadlines suggesting that restricting phone use in schools has no effect on the wellbeing or academic performance of ...

I had the privilege of watching NZ 15 year old Sam Ruthe run the fastest 1500m for someone his age in the history of athletics. Not only did he run faster than Snell, Walker, Dixon, Coe, Ovett, El ...

Bravo to Joann Ransom, the Head of Libraries at Hutt Council. As you can see above she fought against the decision of the Hutt Council to remove an insert from Hutt News they didn't like (the insert ...

Daman Kumar – the 18-year-old threatened with deportation to India despite living in New Zealand all his life – has been offered residency. Green Party immigration spokesman Ricardo Menéndez March ...

It was with slight reservations that in November 2023 I laid a complaint to the Independent Police Conduct Authority about the police wrongfully arresting me. Literally everyone seemed to distrust the ...