Paul Henry joins ACT after becoming ‘enormously disappointed’ with National
“You can’t borrow your way to prosperity.”
Centrist
Germany drops routine COVID vaccination advice for healthy people under 75
Most people under 75 [are] already adequately protected against severe disease.
Horncastle to comply with billboard rules while mocking disclosure demand
“Star sign Gemini, blood type O positive, height six-foot-two, weight 97kg.”
Report says cattle methane is being counted the wrong way
“Methane is not a stock gas like CO2. It is a flow gas.”
India says New Zealand committed $20 billion, while Luxon calls it promotion
“It doesn’t require us to invest in India. It requires us to promote investment.”
Jagose says Parliament cannot decide Treaty meaning alone
Parliamentary supremacy operates within a constitutional framework that “defines and confines its authority”.
Migration-driven growth masked New Zealand’s wage and productivity problem
Population-driven growth made the economy larger, but masked whether productivity, wages and living standards were improving for each New Zealander.
Lawyer challenges scientific basis of shaken baby diagnoses
Some shaken baby diagnoses have been treated with greater certainty than the scientific evidence supports.
Family loses home after trying to pay rates with $10 coin
“Living very rural as we do, the council provides us with zero services.”
Former National MP branded ‘controversial’ over anti-mandate protest returns with NZ First
“A lifetime of leadership, advocacy and service to the community she calls home”.
Low-emissions dairy system cut methane but slashed milk output by up to nearly 40%
The cost of cutting emissions without new technology was “significant and unsustainable”.
Parents do not need Big Brother to block social media
Reports of possible VPN restrictions show how quickly an under-16 social media ban can become a wider fight over digital ID, privacy and state control of the internet.
China missile test puts Pacific on edge
New Zealand says China’s nuclear-capable missile test was legal, but unacceptable in a proudly nuclear-free Pacific.
Harvey says NZ rejected its Jefferson moment
Harvey says New Zealand has never written its Jeffersonian sentence, leaving rights vulnerable to ordinary politics.
COVID inquiry got key vaccine advice wrong
Officials now say the COVID inquiry was wrong to claim key under-18 vaccine advice was not provided to ministers.
Peters turns citizenship into voting test
Peters is trying to make citizenship itself an election issue, asking whether voting should belong to residents or only to citizens.