Initially, the under 16s ban promoted a false sense of security. As a consequence, Masnick argues, it has reduced the political pressure to enact measures that might actually improve teens’ social ...

Footnote: That said, Chris Bishop is at risk of developing a reputation for tanking in the Big Match moments. Reportedly, Nicola Willis and Bishop were the key movers in ending Simon Bridges tenure as ...

Over the course of the past three years, our standard of living has gotten worse. At some point, the Luxon government has to stop blaming external forces – Labour, Trump, Māori, climate change etc – ...

As the last stop on the global supply chain for oil and diesel, New Zealand should be the first country taking pre-emptive steps to conserve energy use. Arguably, we could also be test-flying a ...

Two big calls this week by the two real decision makers in this government. First, David Seymour all but sank the government’s plan to make retailers (not banks) suck up the entire cost of scrapping ...

When it comes to its public messaging on the Iran war, the Luxon government is talking optimistically, while trying to ease the public gradually into a sense of crisis. Yes, current fuel supplies are ...

The Chinese Embassy is right. The recent joint statement by Australia and New Zealand condemning China’s actions in the South China Sea reads like a relic from a bygone colonial era. A weirdly ...

So hard to pick and choose but the $2.9 billion tax break for landlords still stands out as the coalition government’s most abject surrender to […] Gordon Campbell On The Iran War’s Impact On The ...

At this point, fans of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are rare birds indeed. Safe to say, if the National Party does swallow hard and go the distance this year with Luxon in the top job, it will ...

Oil prices are still rising amid fears that Iran may be laying mines in the Straits of Hormuz. The initial market confidence that the US would speedily bring this war to a happy conclusion has all but ...

Oil and gas prices have surged since the war on Iran began. The real surprise is that oil prices haven’t risen as much as you’d expect, given that a regional war with no end in sight has just broken ...