Hipkins can’t outrun his COVID record
Summarised by Centrist Chris Hipkins is under pressure as the second COVID inquiry reopens public...
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Douglas and MacCulloch revive radical tax shift to avoid ‘slow-motion car crash’
Summarised by Centrist A bold new plan from former Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas and...
NZ housing market flat as buyers stay away
Summarised by Centrist New Zealand house prices remained steady in June, according to the Real...
Pay equity reminds us of other ‘C-words’, including ‘contentious’
New Zealand's pay equity laws were meant to correct historic prejudice. But the system ballooned into an ideological industry that assumed discrimination wherever women outnumbered men by an arbitrary percentage. In addition to being contentious, it was costly and, in its one-sided logic, coercive.
‘Your caucacity never fails’: Tamihere fires race barb as Waipareira fights deregistration
The racism defense, again?
Sex, drugs and ‘pendulous soft breasts’: Chung’s crude email puts campaign on back foot
“I passed on exactly what I was told.”
NZ First leapfrogs ACT and Greens in latest Curia poll, reshaping coalition dynamics
The NZ First playbook appears to be working.
Waikato Regional Council quits LGNZ, citing cost and ‘left leaning’ political bias
The list is growing.
Did New Zealand’s COVID models overstate lives ‘saved’?
Only according to speculative modelling.
Kiri Allan ranted, resisted arrest, and demanded charges disappear — but Hipkins let her resign
Why didn't anyone ask if Hipkins should have sacked her?
Ardern agrees to give evidence in COVID inquiry as Hipkins questions its legitimacy
"...every intention of providing evidence, if asked.”
Australia’s teen social media ban raises privacy and enforcement concerns
There are warnings of over-collecting user data.
Seymour says critics of Regulatory Standards Bill offer heat, not answers
If you can explain why putting in a principle of the Treaty would enhance that, I’d be interested to hear it.”
From state media to state power? Oriini Kaipara eyes Māori seat
The party’s members will vote at a hui this Thursday to confirm the candidate.
