The House voted on the first reading of the bill by Kieran McAnulty's bill to allow businesses that are allowed to open on public holidays to have normal alcohol sale conditions apply. It is a very ...

A story on MSN mentions the marks Erica Stanford and Penny Simmonds gave education agencies last year. Ministry of Education 3/10 NZQA 4/10 Tertiary Education Commission 5/10 They say they are ...

I set out why the decision by the United States to renege on all 21 trade agreements it has signed is terrible, but it also creates opportunities for New Zealand. I propose three things we should do ...

Former politicians and health experts are calling for more transparency and regulations when it comes to lobbying, to "restore fairness to government decision making". Level the Playing Field is a ...

Associate Health Minister David Seymour is welcoming Cabinet’s decision to enable medicines to be approved in less than 30 days if the product has approval from two recognised overseas jurisdictions.

Rail Minister Winston Peters has described KiwiRail’s payment of $8 million to a management consultancy firm as unacceptable. “We are not criticising McKinsey, whose services were tendered in a lawful ...

As an economist/educator I have always sat in the framework of Julian Simon and Indur Golkany - and other future optimists. Both hold that the economic pathway of the world, with fulcutuations, is ...

A 22-year-old Palestinian man was tortured and killed by Hamas militants after he criticized the group publicly and participated in rare anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, his family said. Hamas not big on ...

The draft secondary school English curriculum is ringing alarm bells for some teachers, with no reference to Te Mātaiaho - the framework that underpins every other curriculum area. Teachers told RNZ ...

The final report of the Court of Inquiry into the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui is here. Key findings areL The direct cause of the grounding has been determined as a series of human errors in that th ...

One of the major criticisms (which I share) is that Donald Trump has broken many of the norms of politics in the US, and he undermines institutional legacy. In New Zealand, Te Pati Māori do the same.

The Coalition Government today released a multi-billion dollar plan for a modern, combat-capable New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) that pulls its weight internationally and domestically. “Global ...