Most national holidays revolve around either somber reflections or consumerism. It is time for New Zealand to formally recognise the cultural phenomenon that best captures our national spirit: Crate ...

This week’s vote to demolish Wellington’s City to Sea Bridge is a waste of money that will needlessly remove a much-loved part of our waterfront, and replace it with an at-grade pedestrian crossing ...

This is a great achievement, and shows how critical grassroots funding is to success. To have 11,000 New Zealanders donate to you is a sign that they think you are doing a great job.

Nick Clark of the NZ Initiative has a good report on how democracy doesn't work well at local government level. He gives some examples: Wellington City Council requires a Crown Observer to address ...

The GDP data is bad - very bad. The economy has shrunk in the last two quarters. The question is why. There are two broad arguments. They are: This is due to the austerity regime of Nicola Willis and ...

Carr, who ends his five-year tenure as the commission’s first chair on Sunday, was also given an opportunity for a parting message to policymakers by the select committee. “What my kids would say is I ...

Wood, a former Labour MP and Minister for Auckland, told councillors it was important that the union got to have a say in how a Time of Use Charge would look, as it has 150,000 members in the city and ...

This woke nonsense puts off companies from even tendering for work, and just means councils put up rates to pay for more staff to assess this crap. There's basically three things only a council should ...

My 2024 predictions were here. How did I do. The three parties of Government will outpoll the three parties of opposition in at least 90% of public polls in 2024. Was around 80% only so 0/1 The 2024 ...