Radio NZ today cover an Education Review Office Report on Education – with good detail. Two mentions I would highlight. 1. Why attitudes are improving. “The report said the improvements in student and ...

Speaking after the speech on the BBC’s Politics Live, Lammy was asked whether he thought Farage was a racist. He said the PM had been calling out policies “that would line people up who have a right ...

The gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, killing a detainee and critically wounding two others, left behind a note saying that he hoped the attack would ...

The same judge who spared jail for a man who attacked someone burning a Quran with a knife gave a man a prison sentence for sending nasty email to John Bercow. Rule of lawyers in action… Judge Adam ...

When Parliament says gang insignia “is forfeited to the Crown,” citizens are entitled to assume those words mean what they say. Yet on 11 August the District Court ruled otherwise. Judge Lance Rowe ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a UN leaders' breakfast in New York that the world needs to face the "elephant in the room" on global emissions. Addressing the room this morning, Peters said, "We ...

I have blogged previously on the disgraceful retrospective law change the Government is trying to put through Parliament, to protect the ANZ and ASB banks from a four year old class action lawsuit ...

The purpose of the so called aid flotilla to Gaza isn't to deliver aid (they could deliver it via the normal route). It is to get arrested. It is worth noting Israel has failed at times to get enough ...

Tonight a disgusting coward has gone to my home and smashed a window. Glass was shattered all over our dog. He also left a sign on the front door. I wasn’t home. But my partner and guest were. This is ...

Outgoing Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau has U-turned on plans for a future mayoral bid, and is instead looking to Parliament for a potential 2029 run with the Green Party. Wellington's loss will be New ...

Local journalism faces genuine crisis. Towns across New Zealand risk becoming “news deserts” where civic life unfolds without professional scrutiny. Dr Gavin Ellis’s comprehensive report for Koi Tū ...