Health NZ slashes nurse hours, redefines ‘full-time’ to pad workforce stats
“If you have budgeted FTE for 10 nurses, and you hire them all at 0.6, you can get lots more nurses for the same money."
Centrist
Golden visa holders cleared to buy $5m homes under new rules
About 40 percent of applicants are from the United States.
NZ students drop languages at historic rate
“Language learning makes students smarter, boosting literacy, problem solving and academic performance across the board.”
Trump’s tariffs ruled illegal by US court in major blow to trade agenda
“ALL TARIFFS ARE STILL IN EFFECT!”
Older Kiwis hit with rising costs, loneliness and financial insecurity
“Health care is backed by crossed fingers."
Why is TPM borrowing South Africa’s Julius ‘Kill the Boer’ Malema’s symbols?
When Oriini Kaipara wore Julius Malema’s red beret and the South African flag at a debate, it raised eyebrows. Malema is notorious for the chant, linking him to brutal farm attacks.
Stuff pays so little, striking reporters claim they can’t afford any…well…stuff!
“Stuff journalists have taken hit after hit to get Sinead Boucher’s company through hard times.”
Emergency authorisation revoked for COVID vaccines in the US
“We simply need more data to have that confidence for younger individuals at low risk of severe disease.”
Tamihere compares coalition to Nazi Germany, race-shames Māori senior minister
Tamihere confirmed he's running again in 2026.
Retired pilot claims COVID jab linked to soaring pilot deaths and near misses
“The pilot is the least monitored component in the cockpit.”
Government hints at sweeping new police surveillance powers
New laws are coming to “make the country safer.”
GRAHAM ADAMS: By-election puts co-governance in spotlight
A sense of unreality hangs over the contest between New Zealand’s biggest political parties to win the public’s favour.
New Zealand beefs up air and sea power as Chinese warships test boundaries
A response to a “sharply deteriorating security environment.”