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 Gaza, the genocide continues. In the calendar month after the Gaza “ceasefire” on October 10, Israel reportedly killed 242 Palestinians, broke the terms of the ceasefire agreement 282 times, bombed ...

Good to hear someone calling “bullshit” on Winston Peters, and on his claims to have saved the taxpayer $2.3 billion on the Cook Strait ferries. […] ...

Decades ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote a column pointing out that the true believers in the power and precision of the defence industry’s latest weaponry tend to be (a) their gullible government ...

As Donald Trump zigs and zags on tariffs and trashes America’s reputation as a safe and stable place to invest, China has a big gun that it could bring to this tariff knife fight. Behind Japan, China ...

As the old saying goes, “With your eyes, you enter the world. But with your ears, the world enters you.” This may explain why hearing the familiar cadences of certain politicians on the radio can ...

When you wheel out Judith Collins as your weapon of last resort, you’ve already lost the battle for public opinion, and are pitching your messages solely to the party faithful. This week, unions are ...

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 ...