Black market smokes fuelling serious organised crime – Customs warns
“Not just a tax issue."
Centrist
Trump targets offshore film deals as NZ rebates top $1 billion
Deadpool and Wolverine, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and The Minecraft Movie have all recently filmed in New Zealand.
Iwi–Crown relations under pressure after audit
"Significant financially, significant constitutionally.”
‘Almost traitorous’: Laws slams Claire Charters for inviting UN to investigate ‘racist’ New Zealand
“There is no rights being stripped from Māori… "
Media played doctor during COVID, now the bill is due
"... independent journalism was cast quite literally as criminally dangerous.”
Labour, Greens back criminals’ voting
“We’ve had a very, very woke government for the past six years, and we’re all living with the damage of that now.”
Willis slashes $1.1b in new spending, citing Trump tariffs and rising debt
“We can’t really afford to have that interest bill spiralling out of control.”
New Whānau Ora commissioning agencies revealed
The first time since the initiative’s 2010 launch that contracts were put to open tender.
‘We’ve gone too left’: Vocational expert warns NZ is trapping young people in welfare
"Government dependency has become a way to redistribute the country’s wealth rather than building skills and social mobility."
‘I’m not safe here’: Global investigation exposes CCP repression reaching New Zealand
"Since they cannot control me, they are targeting my family."
Senior doctors to strike as pay dispute deepens
"Health NZ has limited budget available for salary settlements within its tight financial constraints.”
Police probe recruitment breaches as physical test failures admitted to training
“All recruits should be good to go when released to district.”
‘We will not agree’: Shane Jones, David Seymour push back against Waitākere Ranges ‘co-governance’ plan
“The deed of acknowledgement is not co-governance."
US funding cuts hit Auckland COVID vaccine study
The project now requires about US$2 million to finish its work.