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Regulation Minister David Seymour welcomes the appointment of the Regulatory Standards Board (the Board), established by the Regulatory Standard Act 2025 (the Act). “The Board will provide expert ...
This non-story was the lead item on every major media outlet. It is not a story. Chris Bishop attended five ANZAC Day services. There was some sort of muckup at another service where someone thought ...
I've been impressed with what I would call the PM getting some mongrel in the last few weeks, as his leadership came under attack. Let's look at what he did. Someone (not necessarily the PM) arranged ...
A gunman tried to charge into the WHCA dinner where the President (and VP and House Speaker - No 2 and 3 in line of succession) were. He was thankfully stopped by the Secret Service. There's been so ...
Thew Jewish Council does an annual report of antisemitic incidents in NZ. The latest 2025 report records the following: 143 anti-semitic incidents (almost three a week) - a record high 5 assaults 15 ...
Everyone seems to have an opinion on Christopher Luxon’s future. Why not? He is Prime Minster, after all. He has to be open to scrutiny. But, is what we are encountering the normal, hurly burly of ...
A fast-tracked renewable energy project on the West Coast will strengthen regional electricity supply and improve resilience, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister ...
If you click on the link you'll see Pauls Valley High School (in Oklahoma) principal Kirk Moore tackle an armed intruder. Moore was wounded and shot, but probably saved many of his students from being ...
Labour’s revenue spokeswoman won’t say whether the party’s capital gains tax proposal goes far enough. When asked repeatedly whether the party’s property-focused CGT went far enough, the furthest ...
April 25, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 25 April 2026 ...
It shows many NZers who are on the right are allergic to Radio NZ, TVNZ, Stuff, The Spinoff and Three News. Those newsrooms could consider what they could do to change that. It was good to see overall ...