1+ day, 29+ min ago   (1418+ words) He might be poised to enter Parliament through one of National safest doors, but Whangārei candidate Lloyd Budd is not quite what you’d expect from a staunch party supporter. The former real estate boss describes himself as right of centre,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (142+ words) Parties rule out deals to get Opportunity’s Qiulae Wong over the line in heartland seat Newsroom It’s just a 50-metre walk from Sanjani Singh’s family-run Indian sweets and snacks store in Sandringham, to the restaurant where Chris Hipkins is meeting…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (92+ words) Former Solicitor-General says Mike Smith case won’t be last climate lawsuit Newsroom The Government’s efforts to tamp down climate litigation are doomed to fail, warns Una Jagose KC. “Lawyers are clever people” – they will find a way around the Government’s…...

5+ day, 29+ min ago   (1570+ words) With the election now just over eight weeks away, the policy battle is well and truly underway, and the country’s political parties are rolling out new promises thick and fast. But their hard hustles are failing to set recent polls…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (116+ words) Newsroom Analysis: New Zealand’s carbon market could be up for significant change if Labour forms the next government, as the party promises to address the disproportionate place of forestry in the scheme. The Emissions Trading Scheme is one of New…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (286+ words) Expert opinion from Victoria University Wellington - Te Herenga Waka Comment: The news of more cuts to the National Library and Archives New Zealand should concern all New Zealanders. The proposals will reduce roles within the two organisations by close to…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1043+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google When Mayor Wayne Brown tells you direct to your face that your organisation is in a “whoop, whoop, pull-up, pull-up stage of life” and to plan for a “disaster scenario”, it tends to focus the mind....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1112+ words) Comment: Change is afoot across the ditch. Australian economic growth is slowing, the labour market is losing steam, and house prices are in decline. These trends likely have further to run given Aussie interest rates look set to move further…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1744+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google History is repeating itself across New Zealand’s back country and farms but this time there’s no good keen men being handed rifles and rations and sent to sort it out. Skinny feral deer were culled in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (569+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Children living in households with disabled people have a rate of material hardship three times that of children living in households with no disabled people. The rate of severe material hardship is almost four times higher....