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 ...

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 ...

An article at The Conversation has how NZ has fared in various international rankings. They are: 2nd: Civil Liberties 3rd: Security 4th: Corruption 5th: Gender equality, Rule of law 6th: Terrorism 7th ...

It is reported that Iran has massacred 12,000 pro-freedom protesters in less than a fortnight: Where is everyone who has been protesting Israel’s actions weekly over the past two years? The Palestine ...

That leaves, by a whisker, the winner: Chris Bishop (it’s a good year for Chrises from the Hutt). Associate Finance Minister, Transport Minister, Housing Minister, RMA Reform Minister, Bishop has very ...

If you’ve read the headlines about Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Energy, you might believe a group of law students marched into the Supreme Court and reshaped New Zealand’s climate policy. The ...

Wow those Israelis are good. It's one thing to sell rigged pagers to Hezbollah, but quite another to get Matt Gaetz to pay women for sex!

A recent report from the Buckley Institute found that there are no Republican faculty members across 27 departments at Yale University. ... It found that nearly 83% of faculty are registered Democrats ...

When Christopher Luxon promised in a TVNZ debate in 2023 that he would get a trade deal within his first term of government, it seemed fantastical. Trade talks with India had more or less been shelved ...

Independent investigative reporters Penny Marie and Rachel Scott have released a new video and accompanying Substack articles revealing NZ Defence Force (NZDF) training materials that depict ...

A comprehensive article in the SST about the rise in black market tobacco sales in NZ. Some extracts: Organised crime groups are increasingly adding tobacco to drug and money-laundering operations due ...