The ideal vs the NZ situation. In terms of per capita GDP Singapore leads the world (2023 figures) at US$141,553. NZ is 43rd at $53,481. Bruce Cotterill has a very good piece in the NZH last week on ...

So the solar farm operator has to arrange mandatory prayers for any native trees they remove, to provide solar power to 7,500 homes. On the assumption that this is mandated because native trees have ...

This post is a warmup for a topic I have been wanting to cover for years, that of Trump Derangement Syndrome or TDS. There are various stages and levels of TDS and various subcategories of people who ...

Two years after it happened, we finally have a summary of the Police notes about what happened when then Justice Minister Kiri Allan crashed her car under the influence of alcohol. Key aspects are: Ve ...

Exposed: Why New Zealand turned on Jacinda Ardern pic.twitter.com/psM5feVmxM ...

The Taxpayers' Union can reveal that Te Wharekura o Tauranga Moana is set to take staff to Tahiti this Friday and refuses to answer basic questions to justify the spend. Taxpayers' Union Executive Dir ...

Sir Ian Taylor has done an open letter to Jacinda Ardern, and it seems to have struck a real chord. He wrote it after reading her autobiography. Taylor used to be a huge huge fan of Ardern. He says so ...

Elon Musk declared the launch of his new political party on Saturday, a project he has repeatedly floated in the weeks since his explosive breakup with President Donald Trump — but provided no details ...

Green MP Tamatha Paul is giving shoplifting the green light as she opposes the Government’s plan to strengthen penalties, National Party Spokesperson for Justice Paul Goldsmith says. “The Greens are ...

Wow. Hipkins asked on radio why we don’t hear about ram raids any more and if they’ve stopped happening: Direct quote - “Nah it’s cause your Tory owners at NZME have just decided not to put it on the ...

CNBC reports: Before this week’s annual NATO summit had even begun, allies reportedly agreed on Sunday to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. Getting to that ...

The Herald reports: Serial Auckland sex offender Luca Fairgray‘s latest sentence was “manifestly excessive”, his lawyer has argued in the Court of Appeal this morning. Fairgray, 22, was found guilty ...