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Gold rush returns to Reefton, with hopes of long-term boom
“We want a 20, 30, 40-year mine life.”
Government toughens sentencing laws as opposition defends status quo
Ending a “culture of excuses.”
Proposal to regulate protest rights rings civil liberties alarm
“There is something singularly ominous about a proposal seeking to justify a curtailment of such rights and freedoms.”
Police under fire for persisting with ‘hate speech’ training and protest crackdown
“They need to go back to being politically neutral.”
Tamatha Paul pivots to race after backlash over police comments
"I'm not surprised that people are upset that a young brown woman is being."
GRAHAM ADAMS: Auckland University has a death wish
How anyone imagines the compulsory course will make the university more attractive to either domestic or international students is baffling.
Luxon government to scrap RMA, promises 45% cut in red tape
Court was more blunt: “We cannot have Tom, Dick, and Harry weaponise the planning system to block progress from the opposite end of the country.”
Winston Peters doubles down on anti-woke message, says NZ First is “on the rise”
“How many Labour leaders on the front bench have ever had a real job?"
NZ Herald has lost its way, says economist Robert MacCulloch
“Is it concerned a takeover may end its outrageous bias?”
Jesse Mulligan: ‘Abundance’ shows how the left can start winning again
“Vote for us and we’ll blow up this bloated bureaucracy and start building rail lines and houses.”
New Zealand and China complete first manned dive to Puysegur Trench
“For the first time in history, humans have reached the deepest point of the Puysegur Trench.”
Atheist academic defends churches’ tax-free status, calls them vital to NZ’s social fabric
“Without churches, New Zealand would plunge into irreversible poverty and chaos overnight.”
Alzheimer’s may be an autoimmune disease, not a brain disorder
Globally, one new case of dementia is diagnosed every three seconds.
NZ economy exits recession, but real recovery remains uncertain
“The first green shoots of an economic recovery."
Trafficking probes skyrocket, but prosecutions not so much
People trafficking investigations in New Zealand have surged nearly 4000%, yet no prosecutions in five years.