It is a New Zealand first. A District Court judge is having her conduct examined by a Judicial Conduct Panel after she allegedly shouted “he’s lying” as Winston Peters was making a speech at ...

The appeal by Brendon Tarrant is a desperate bid for attention, rather than a serious judicial process. Tarrant is obviously unhappy that he has faded from public consciousness, so this is a way to ...

On 27 May 2021, Wellington City Council’s Long-Term Plan Committee faced a clear fork in the road.Officers presented councillors with water investment options, including one — Water Option 3 — that ...

The NZ Energy blog has excellent analysis of this decision. They write: To readers of this Substack this will come of no surprise and was expected. It’s not a good solution for New Zealanders but it ...

Chris Bishop announced some significant and sensible changes to the driver licence system. They are: You only need to pass a practical test for your restricted licence, not for a second time a few mon ...

More than 45,000 people have signed a petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from New Zealand's Pacific neighbours. At the moment they must apply for a visitor visa, provide proof of funds for ...

Richard Shaw is a Professor in Politics at Massey University. He writes: I'm part of an international project hoping to survey former political (ministerial) advisers from 14 different countries ...

Until now, members' bills only get debated in the House if they get drawn at random from the ballot. However for a few years no Standing Order 288 allows for a member's bill to be automatically out ...

Recently a number of news outlets including the Herald and Newstalk ZB published articles about the IDF's desecration of ANZAC graves in Gaza. Headlines included for example "New Zealand World War 1 g ...

The number of disadvantaged students using the fees-free scheme for university in 2024 slumped to the lowest figure in the scheme’s short history. ... But only 1.3% of the fees-free students at ...