Several cases of potentially defamatory comments, breaches of privacy and unsupported assertions were found in Youth MPs’ draft speeches by officials tasked with reviewing them before delivery during ...

Steven Pinker wrote at the Free Press: Human progress continues, with some backsliding.

Bold ambition and fearless execution – that’s what it has taken to get intense bilateral negotiations between India and New Zealand finalised so a trade deal could be announced just before the country ...

Forgot to mention on Day 2, that the Tuhoe hut warden at Waiopaoa Hut was superb. She told us some of the history of the area, the legends about Lake Waikaremona, and also opened it up to general ...

The Taxpayers’ Union today mourns the passing of Garrick Tremain, widely regarded as New Zealand’s finest and most influential political cartoonist of the contemporary era. Garrick Tremain and Tom ...

January 18, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 18 January 2026 ...

Last night I had the beautiful privilege of going to a remarkable concert at Vector Arena in Auckland. My beautiful wife and I drove in from Dairy Flat with only minor delays, near the port, due to ...

Day 2 was a downhill day. Started off high up in typical NZ bush. There were around 250 steps going down. I was glad we had them down, not up. I much prefer a sloping track to steps. Even when there ...

There are around 200 countries in the world. Not all rankings are of all 200 though.