As Wellington takes a firmer line abroad, questions grow about capacity at home
Foreign policy and domestic security posture collided this week.
Centrist
Government launches inquiry into Reserve Bank’s COVID-era money printing
“Indirect impacts included decades-high inflation..."
Coroner rules 25 year old Garden-Bachop death ‘natural causes’, sparking call for transparency
No evidence of drugs, alcohol, or suspicious circumstances.
Households to fund LNG terminal as the government withholds cost details
“It’s a tax. This one may of course bring a benefit at the same time.”
Du Plessis-Allan – Peters may ‘have a point’
“It’s starting to sound like Winston Peters was right about that India Free Trade Agreement."
Minister seeks answers over race-based cultural leave at Oranga Tamariki
“At worst, all staff should then get cultural leave or ideally no one should.”
Auckland joins global backlash as speed cameras attacked
Five speed cameras have been destroyed or damaged across Auckland.
Tamatha Paul’s vote, Julie Anne Genter’s culture, and Wellington’s sewage mess
"The consequences are now floating in Cook Strait.”
Waitangi Day, Hōne Heke and the original tax revolt
Hōne Heke “even flew the American flag as a symbol of his anti-tax, anti-colonial protest.”
Missing FBI interview notes put NZ Epstein property manager back in focus
“People of interest.”
AI-generated fake news pages misleading thousands of New Zealanders
“It’s clearly an emerging problem, and it’s getting worse and worse.”
‘Unless something drastic happens’: Ngāpuhi’s chair signals Te Pāti Māori on track to lose Te Tai Tokerau seat
Te Pāti Māori “misread the room”.