The track record of modern singers trying to create new Christmas songs proves that it is harder than it looks. Yet back in 1956, the Hepsters (and since then, whoever made this lovely video of their ...

This is why the disdain that Finance Minister Nicola Willis has expressed for the emissions reduction targets that New Zealand embraced in the Paris agreement on climate change is so unusual, and so ...

For many councils, the Luxon government’s plan to restrict the ability of local councils to increase rates to a range of between two and four per cent annually, is a recipe for : (b) increasing user ...

In line with the plans that the government unveiled this week to reform local government, the recently elected regional councils will be scrapped, and their roles will be handed over to mayors. Those ...

With his “tough on crime” jawline set in concrete, Police Minister Mark Mitchell is an almost satire-proof politician. All the same, and for his own peace of mind, maybe Mitchell should steer clear of ...

For gangs, the Misuse of Drugs Act (1975) has been one of the best recruiting tools they’ve ever had. Criminalisation of a raft of illicit drugs not only provide s them with a wildly lucrative black ...

In the wake of the IPCA report, it is easy to understand why the politicians have been so willing to endorse terms like “cover up” and “ corruption.” It is convenient to explain what went wrong in ...

So asset sales are back on the agenda, and will be dependent only on the coalition government getting re-elected next year. Yikes. Right wing governments are forever selling off the assets created by ...

First, some good news. Zohran Mamdani has won the mayoral race in New York and as the prophet Leonard Cohen once said, taking Manhattan is just the start. More than anything, Mamdani is providing ...

But first…the “shock and awe” tactics being deployed by the government against the teaching profession are extensive. They include ramming through rushed and ...

Like the Americans, maybe we should be re-naming our Ministry of Defence as the Ministry of War. The new frigates New Zealand is about to buy (to replace its ANZAC frigates) will have a vastly greater ...

Finally, Labour has released its capital gains tax policy. Labour’s CGT would levy a 28% tax on sales of commercial properties and investment housing, and the $850 million it is expected to raise will ...