The Reserve Bank and the election
The Reserve Bank yesterday handed Labour an economic weapon to hit National with as it goes into the election campaign.
The Bank raised the Official...
What matters more than the Treaty
Labour's fight to reclaim the Māori seats is not about the seats themselves but about keeping Te Pāti Māori out of contention for any...
Coalition rumbles
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday stretched coalition goodwill to near breaking point with his go-it-alone announcement of an under-16 social media ban.
NZ First leader...
Can Labour make its sums add up
Labour launched its Fiscal Strategy yesterday, but it would be best described as aspirational.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins and Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds repeatedly stressed...
More power to Beehive
The Government is still under fire over its controversial Conservation Amendment Bill.
Already Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has had to back down over proposals to...
Making up is not so hard to do
Christopher Luxon escaped Parliament last night and found a packed meeting hall 20 kilometres away in Lower Hutt full of supporters.
Just over 150 had...
How not to organise a coup
The National Party's failed coup attempt yesterday has claimed its first victim.
After he was stripped of his portfolios earlier in the day, Kaipara ki...
Numbers firm against Luxon
There were hopes last night that the Prime Minister might recognise the apparent difficulty of his position and resign.
It seems that numbers yesterday firmed...
Unconfirmed reports say Nats want to vote tonight on Luxon’s leadership
There were unconfirmed reports last night that National caucus members were calling for a special meeting, possibly tonight, to consider the party’s leadership.
One source...
Luxon, living dangerously
At a press conference on Saturday, the Prime Minister pointedly ducked a question about how many MPs voted in support of him during the...
Red to Green to Wildcard: The Battle for Wellington Bays
Wellington Bays is a new electorate this election, but its history is a classic story of where the old Labour Party of manual workers,...
Greens in trouble
National candidate Candace Kinser would be likely to defeat Green co-leader Chloe Swarbrick in the Auckland Central electorate, according to a Curia Taxpayers' Union...
Peters woos the anti vaxers
The second report of the Covid Inquiry released shows just how extensively suspicions based on misinformation about the Covid vaccinations spread through the population.
The...
Report contradicts Government denials
The Climate Change Commission yesterday confirmed what farming leaders and the Agriculture Minister have been denying for some time.
On current settings, farming will not...
The two faces of NZ First
There are two faces to New Zealand First.
Their “annual” convention in Auckland over the weekend demonstrated that.
What emerged was, on the one hand, an...
