According to a Cabinet paper released by Willis, the bank’s operational spending shot up from $158m in 2023/24 to $200m in 2024/25 – an astonishing increase of $42m, a sum of money that as recently as ...

The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) launched its own investigation into concerns that RNZ had been used for foreign interference. The SIS became involved in 2023 over a scandal at the state ...

After almost a year and a half, in which time the party has managed to go to court, use the rarely used waka jumping law and deal with another candidate selection headache, the Green Party has finally ...

Double murderer Mark Lundy will be released from prison next month, despite holding firm to the position that he never killed his wife and daughter. Lundy has spent more than 23 years behind bars for ...

Local authority rates and payments increased 12.2 percent in the 12 months to the March 2025 quarter (14 percent contribution to the 2.5 percent increase). Rates are captured once a year in the ...

A teen who took part in a violent and unprovoked street attack, king hitting one of his victims, has narrowly avoided jail after a judge ruled it would not be the “just” outcome. Just? Just for who?

This chart from Robert Macculloch tells quite a story. It shows government consumption per capital, adjusted for inflation. The Clark Government over nine years increased spending by around $450. Then ...

This is the billboard released by the Sensible Sentencing Trust, highlighting how a Green MP has been advocating abolishing the Police (and prisons!). The Greens complained that the billboard was a ...

Pere Huriwai-Seger is a Te Pāti Māori candidate. He saw Casey Costello in a foodcourt and proceeded to berate her. Casey politely said "We’re not going to agree, so just move on”. But this guy then ...

Anyone who claims that this current government is practising austerity is either dishonest or a moron, or both.

A successful Wellington entrepreneur says if he was starting again he would not launch his business in the capital, describing it as a “talent repellent”. John-Daniel Trask founded Raygun, a software ...

Former Labour Minister Stuart Nash is not hosing down rumours of a political comeback at the 2026 election, saying it is a case of “never say never”. ... Nash said he’s not a member of any political ...