Almost one-third of eligible New Zealanders aged 18 to 24 remain unenrolled with just three days before the deadline, and new electoral rules mean anyone who misses the cutoff will be unable to vote in November's general election.
A new parents’ advocacy group is pushing for stronger academic standards, better-trained teachers and greater school choice They cite polling showing overwhelming public support for core subjects.
A former police constable celebrated as a recruitment success story, awarded a leadership prize and promoted as a role model for young Māori has pleaded guilty to stealing a police-issued Glock pistol and receiving $5,000 after handing it to an associate.
A mother imprisoned for allegedly abusing her infant daughter will have her conviction reconsidered by the Court of Appeal after independent international medical experts challenged the evidence used to convict her.
Logic or lunacy? Ruth Coppinger’s non-binary bill and the denial of biological sex.
Probe launched to return samples from Mars’ largest moon.
A Demography Dashboard released by the Institute of Remigration earlier this month projected that four European countries – Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Sweden – will be more than 50 per cent non-native within two decades.
The mixed part of MMP is the problem. Make our electoral system proportionately pure.
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Five problems, no answers – and a bunch of shelved agendas waiting to be unleashed. Is this the Trojan horse many suggested from day one?
