Media accused of going soft on Te Pāti Māori
"Who blocks coverage after they’ve won?"
Centrist
New Zealand income growth among weakest globally
Government borrowing during the pandemic “borrowed growth from the future.”
Clark and Key attend Xi’s military parade with Putin and Kim
“Yes, there are some guests there who are not the ones we would invite to our country."
Government accused of trying to reignite house prices
“Destroying the idea that the New Zealand economy should just be based on house price growth is a fundamental formula this government is trying to embed.”
‘The enemy is this government’: Strategy trumps substance in Māori seat race
The cost of living dominates, but solutions are scarce.
Māori activists blocked by human rights, which demands everyone be treated equally
“Real justice means more than equal treatment.”
Voters of every party back caps on rate hikes, Curia poll finds
“Voters of all stripes want to see an end to the gravy train.”
Health NZ slashes nurse hours, redefines ‘full-time’ to pad workforce stats
“If you have budgeted FTE for 10 nurses, and you hire them all at 0.6, you can get lots more nurses for the same money."
Golden visa holders cleared to buy $5m homes under new rules
About 40 percent of applicants are from the United States.
NZ students drop languages at historic rate
“Language learning makes students smarter, boosting literacy, problem solving and academic performance across the board.”
Trump’s tariffs ruled illegal by US court in major blow to trade agenda
“ALL TARIFFS ARE STILL IN EFFECT!”