New Zealand collected tax revenue equivalent to 32.6% of GDP in 2024, placing it sixth among 192 countries and above Australia, Canada, the UK and the US in a comparison that excludes social security contributions.
A poll commissioned by Foodstuffs and leaked to Stuff found 45% supported National’s policy to investigate forcing Pak’nSave and New World into separate companies, while 38% opposed it.
Te Pāti Māori’s campaign for electorate votes may be contributing to rising Green support among Māori, according to commentators discussing a new Mata-Horizon poll.
ACT’s Auckland Central candidate Antonia Modkova faced repeated heckling at a recent Auckland Central candidates’ debate after opposing different rights based on ancestry during a discussion about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
NZ First’s Takanini candidate Elliot Ikilei has questioned why his 2022 comments about Andrew Tate are “more urgent than fatherlessness, family violence, youth suicide, and the collapse of two-parent homes in the communities I actually work in”.
Queenstown’s Helicopter Line has been fined $12,000 and ordered to forfeit two helicopters worth more than $1 million each after pleading guilty to four fisheries offences involving luxury crayfish excursions.
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong’s demand to phase out bottom trawling as a condition of supporting the next government has put TOP on a collision course with Māori fishing interests.
Convicted murderer Christa Pike survived Tennessee’s September 30 lethal-injection attempt after apparently receiving the all-female execution team she had requested.
The Greens have reached a record 16% in the latest 1News Verian poll, but the governing coalition has tightened the gap with a potential Labour-led alternative.
Opportunity has announced five minimum demands for supporting the next government, including climate commitments that directly conflict with policies promoted by ACT and NZ First.
Stuff outlines the fairness argument for a comprehensive capital gains tax.
NZ Principals’ Federation president Jason Miles accused Erica Stanford of effectively campaigning for National during her address to an international principals’ convention, despite organisers requesting a non-political welcome.
Labour is pitching student-loan write-offs as a way to keep graduates in New Zealand, but approximately 75% of its forecast five-year cost would fall in the first financial year.
Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence could enable attacks causing a billion deaths, calling for mandatory safeguards and US legislation rather than relying on technology companies to regulate themselves.
New Zealand’s international migrant-data sharing arrangements operated for years before the first annual reviews began in early 2026, RNZ reports.
In brief Nicky Hager’s allegations against Jordan Williams don’t even warrant a response at this point.
