During her Budget presentation, Willis said that pay equity costs in 2020 were initially expected to reach $3.7b but there had since been a “blowout” with costs rising steeply, especially due to ...

There is definitely a double standard here. We even have an excellent example to highlight it. In 2021 an Auckland Transport manager posted a message to a Facebook group cautioning against a bill that ...

I am sure readers will recall how people said it would be terrible if the TPM co-leaders suspension meant they couldn't attend the Budget debate. So the Government decided to delay the debate on their ...

I suspect the usual suspects will call the Budget just released an austerity budget. They are lying. Austerity has a specific meaning. It is when you cut overall expenditure. It doesn't mean they have ...

An economist from New Zealand’s largest bank said the Labour Government went on a “debt-funded spending spree”, leaving a fiscal mess for the current Government to clean up. ANZ economist Miles ...

Andrew Little has promised to act on what Wellingtonians want: saving Begonia House and Khandallah Pool and complete the Karori Event Centre. However, the Wellington mayoral candidate did not make any ...

Biden’s health has been very big news this week, around two issues – his dementia and his cancer diagnosis. The dementia issue was front and centre because of two books released about the cover up ...

The Labour Party can't form a potential Government without TPM, so they appear to have decided to go all in on their behalf. Evidence: After Chris Bishop calls their bluff and delays the vote on the ...

Deborah Coddington has penned a great tribute to Sir Bob Jones. She was a very good friend, and has captured Sir Bob so very well - warts and all.

Auckland Council has settled on an innovative approach to combating climate change: spend around $36 million a year on reducing New Zealand’s carbon footprint without reducing net emissions by a gram.

Stuff has a very good article on the issues around former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevan McSkimming. It doesn’t cover everything, as some issues are before the courts, but there is one part I want ...