Look, I understand entirely why I face such hostility on this blog for speaking Māori. It is perceived as “virtue signalling”, which is a perception that has arisen in the context of decades of ...

The Albanese Government has announced a gradual lowering of the 16% tax rate to 14% for income between $18,200 and $45,000. This increases the gap between the NZ and Australia, where we get taxed far ...

The Irish Times reports on how Trump attacking leaders increases their popularity back home. Examples include: Canada Government net approval has gone from -42% to +16% Mexico President net approval g ...

The details, released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, also reveal a car used by the mayor and mayoral office staff was recorded speeding 30 times over the same time ...

Chris Bishop and Simon Court announced principles for the RMA replacement, and they generally look very good (but not perfect). Some key aspects: The new system will be based on the economic concept ...

Within hours of the 156 page Independent Police Conduct Authority report coming out on 18 February everyone seemed to have an opinion on it. There seemed to be an immediate consensus that it was a thr ...

AKA: Our actual spending to try and improve things is tiny! AKA: The current government is a very long way from keeping their promises to reduce the spend on bureaucracy. 1. Our government education ...

Fascinating to compare the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on two countries. Country A Has zero tariffs on US imports Has a Free Trade Agreement with the United States Imports ($34.6 billion) twice as ...

In 2017, the geniuses of the Labour Party decided to have an experiment. They said, let's cut the prison population by 30%. Someone (hopefully) said, you mean by reducing serious crime by 30%? But the ...

The White House released a list of countries and the tariff rates they charged the US. It was clearly wrong as NZ has an average tariff of around 1.7% on US imports and the list said 20%. I thought it ...

Simon Watts and Scott Simpson announced: The Government is accelerating Local Water Done Well for the Wellington region to provide greater transparency at Wellington Water and ensure it is delivering ...