As New Zealand’s population ages and, in particular, as the proportion of over-65s increases, the cost of New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) is rising. We know that and it doesn’t help us understand the ...

It has been unbelievable that so many people have gone insane over the entirely sensible and trivial change to NZ passports where the language used by 99% of New Zealanders appears first and the ...

The_Integrity_Institute_Trust_DeedDownload The Integrity Institute was set up by Grant and Marilyn Nelson. They used to fund the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies at VUW, but took their money ...

Even if you think the pols are biased against Trump, that doesn't impact the trend. Trump had a good first month, then a bad three months after that. and a slight decline since. This helps explain why ...

Erica Stanford and the PM have announced incredibly significant changes to New Zealand's secondary and vocational education system. I'll explain what they are shortly, but first everyone needs to ...

Kiwibank has been given the green light to compete more vigorously with the big four Australian-owned banks that dominate the New Zealand banking sector. Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today ...

A prominent New Zealander whose case was shrouded in secrecy last month can now be identified as former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. The ex-top cop faces eight charges of possessing ...

The man who threatened to kill then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the judge sentencing him “I’m horrified I’m in prison” - but that’s where he will spend the next 11 months. Richard Sivell was se ...

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Hon. Stuart Nash and Dr John Harman. Their combined expertise strengthens the ...

Net farmer confidence has jumped from -66% a year ago to +33% in the Federated Farmers Survey. That's great news. I can't recall ever seeing such a dramatic change in just 12 months.

The latest dissembling campaign that electricity prices are too high because the hated gentailers are making that dirty word “profit” needs real analysis. The companies run assets worth billions of ...

Megan Woods has announced she will go List only at the next election. There are two reasons for this. She was at serious risk of losing the seat at the next election. It is the most likely seat for ...