National has said it wants to initiate seven more trade deals, if re-elected If we can double exports to those seven countries, that would be another $1.7b a year in export income for NZ. Countries ...

A former Lotto presenter who delivered six bars of gold bullion to the Comancheros’ “International Commander” in Turkey was suspended on full pay from his government job after he was arrested as part ...

Otago Public Health academics write: Estimates of illicit tobacco use in Aotearoa New Zealand differ sharply. Although tobacco industry-funded studies suggest the illicit tobacco market is large and ...

This week Erica Stanford made an announcement to expand a programme to enhance oral language skills in pre-school children. For those it will reach, it appears positive. The issue is the “those it ...

There’s no doubt that some youngsters in NZ are subjected to serious neglect and schools are often expected to “fix” the problems of the child having inadequate food, disruptive behaviours, unattended ...

Her secret introduction of He puapua that is dividing and costing the country on an unprecedented scale is her legacy, along with the corrupt journalism fund. The businesses ruined by her covid ...

The Paris Agreement was done in 2015, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The latest data is for 2024, so I thought it would be interesting to see which countries have had the largest ...

July 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted The Declaration of Independence and changed the world for the better. The delegates were committing high treason by adopting The Declaration, which ...

“Almost all socio-economically disadvantaged children fell behind in maths last year by Year 3, with 95% below curriculum level and 70% more than a year behind. The proportion for this cohort of ...

As readers will know Denis O’Reilly is a life member of Black Power. He was very critical of the gang patch ban. In Nov 24 he said: Lifetime Black Power member Denis O’Reilly says the government’s ...

Wayne Brown interviewed Carmel Sepuloni, and asked her why the Government doesn't pay rates on land and buildings it owns. Her answer was "I didn't know that this was the case". Amazing that such a ...

I read your article on the Royal Commission finding the disturbing part is this is 7 months before! We have caught the previous executive out on demonstrable untruths regarding a critical timeline, ...