The High Court has dismissed on appeal the assault conviction against Liz Gunn. Now I'm not a fan of Ms Gunn's stances on various issues, but the court decision makes clear how outrageous her arrest ...

Michael Littlewood’s ‘Guest Post’ for David Farrar on pensions, and his belief that our social welfare system is fit for purpose and doesn’t need change, reminded me of why New Zealand is currently ...

For those who don't know, Michael Dell is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell technologies. He started the company as a 19 year old and is now worth US$130 billion.

Don Brash submitted the below to the Herald as a response to the column from Lady Moxon. They declined the column, but I am happy to publish it here. Surely, in a liberal democracy, there are few ...

Arrived late 77% of the time over an 11-month period. wore inappropriate attire spent time on personal call had trouble completing tasks abused colleagues went to sleep while at work more than once re ...

David Seymour obliquely referred to the pervasion of a social justice agenda in New Zealand in his first interview of 2025 on The Country, with words to the effect, Government officials (and ...

I've done my monthly analysis at Patreon (paywalled) of the five Anglosphere Governments and how they are faring in their fights for re-election. President Trump is now the most popular Anglosphere ...

The full public results of the Better Wellington Curia poll are here. In this final part I want to focus on rates and related issues. We asked support for a general proposition: Wellington City ...

Curia did a poll for Better Wellington of a 1,000 Wellingtonians in January 2025. The results of Part 1 are here. The first question asked was: Overall would you say that things in Wellington today ...

A remarkable tweet from Labour's former Foreign Affairs Minister backing the right of the Cook Islands to sign any agreement they want with China without even consulting New Zealand (which they are ...

Ruth Money MNZM has been appointed New Zealand’s Chief Victims Advisor, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Ms Money is already an outspoken and energetic victims advocate with a proven track ...

An excellent speech by new Public Services Minister Judith Collins to public sector CEOs. Some extracts: In the six years from 2017 to 2023, the number of people employed in the core public service* ...