David Seymour obliquely referred to the pervasion of a social justice agenda in New Zealand in his first interview of 2025 on The Country, with words to the effect, Government officials (and ...

An excellent speech by new Public Services Minister Judith Collins to public sector CEOs. Some extracts: In the six years from 2017 to 2023, the number of people employed in the core public service* ...

The irony is he was accusing other MPs of being liars, but in fact the record has shown Ferris himself lied. We asked Mr Ferris to provide written comment about the question of privilege, which he has ...

Lots of fascinating data in this CBS poll of over 2,000 Americans. Trump has 53% approval and 47% disapproval 15% of Democrats approve of the way he is handling the presidency 55% of Under 30s approve ...

A remarkable tweet from Labour's former Foreign Affairs Minister backing the right of the Cook Islands to sign any agreement they want with China without even consulting New Zealand (which they are ...

Ruth Money MNZM has been appointed New Zealand’s Chief Victims Advisor, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Ms Money is already an outspoken and energetic victims advocate with a proven track ...

The New Zealand government says the Cook Islands has failed to properly consult it on proposed agreements its Prime Minister Mark Brown will be signing in China this week. Brown has now left for China ...

Part 2 of the Curia poll for Better Wellington is here. We asked if people agreed or disagreed with the statement: Wellington City Council should focus on fixing the basics – pipes, potholes, parks ...

Whangārei's fluoridation rebellion is intensifying with the Director-General of Health threatening to potentially pull rank and turn on the switch to add fluoride to the city's drinking water if the ...

The full public results of the Better Wellington Curia poll are here. In this final part I want to focus on rates and related issues. We asked support for a general proposition: Wellington City ...

Curia did a poll for Better Wellington of a 1,000 Wellingtonians in January 2025. The results of Part 1 are here. The first question asked was: Overall would you say that things in Wellington today ...