Legislation before Parliament bans greyhound racing over animal welfare considerations. Buying out the industry, shutting it down, and rehoming the dogs would seem right if you thought animal welfare ...

Te Pāti Māori has broken with tradition and decided against running MP constituent offices in their electorates, despite getting additional funding for the large electorates it won at the 2023 ...

A district court judge has reserved his decision on whether a by-election is needed in an Auckland local body election. The hearing followed a petition by former Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board member ...

The latest estimates put the market share for illegal tobacco sales between 25% and 65%, illicit tobacco and e-cigarette commissioner Amber Shuhyta told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday night. Ri ...

December 15, 2025 8:00am by Kokila PatelGeneral Debate 15 December 2025 ...

I blogged previously on the remarkable stats achieved by Haeata Community Campus, where school lunches is their special focus. Well the Auditor-General has just revealed: Haeata Community Campus ...

A mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that left at least 12 people dead has been declared a terrorist incident. Naveed Akram, 24, is confirmed to be one of the two shooters who opened fire on a ...

Very sad that Hamish Price has died. I’ve known him for almost 30 years. My strongest earliest memory of Hamish was at a public meeting in Loaves and Fishes Hall in Wellington where he loudly asked ...

A great parody of the famous Monthy Python skit where Jews sit around moaning that the Romans took everything from them, and never did anything good for them - except for ... It is very pertinent when ...

Unrepentant, Labour’s finance team should at least consider being embarrassed by their boorish heckling of the Finance Minister. Far from presenting a government in waiting to steward New Zealand out ...