Road Deaths Fall, Police Testing More
Bishop said the increase in roadside testing helped drive the national road toll in 2024 to its lowest level in a decade.
NZ Politics
Jim Grenon Hails Positive Changes at NZME
The journalists may not like it but, contrary to their beliefs, they are not the ones in charge. It is up to the board to decide the direction the paper will take and it is up to the journalists to put that into practice.
We’re Closing Due to Threats
Threats from National and Labour parties and Big Business NZ Incorporated.
News Briefing: 14 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PAY EQUITY, BUDGET Laura Walters and Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Ministers set to take big pay rises, right after wiping 33 pay equity claims Jo Moir (RNZ): FamilyBoost policy: $14m of $62m spent on administration costs Dan Satherley (RNZ): Pay equity claims: What they are
Luxon’s Pay Equity Debacle: A Political Trainwreck of His Own Making
The pay equity debacle is a wake-up call. Luxon can either heed it or keep bumbling along until the voters decide they’ve had enough.
Face of the Day
The prime minister responded to an avalanche of questions on his way to caucus, where he attacked Labour for “resorting to lies and misinformation”.
Tougher Penalties Coming for Boy Racers
The upcoming law changes will include mandatory vehicle forfeiture or destruction for offenders convicted of fleeing police, street racing, intimidating convoys, or failing to identify a driver responsible for such actions.
We’ve Been Labelled ‘Bitter and Twisted Leftists’
We have achieved our non-partisan reporting aim, to the distaste of our National-Labour rulers.
Free Sh*t Junkies
On current settings, the New Zealand government will have contributed about $100 million to AgriZero before the end 2026.
Urgency and the Vested Interests
A continued campaign of handwringing complaints from academics and constitution reformers about the misuse of parliamentary procedure will not simply shame the politicians into better behaviour.
News Briefing: 13 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PAY EQUITY Chris Trotter (Interest): Low pay isn’t a fixable bug in our free market system, it’s one of its indispensable features Edward Miller: Detonating pay equity leaves workers footing the bill RNZ: 'Nothing further from the truth' - pay equity
Andrea Vance’s Hypocritical Tirade: Smearing Women to Score Points
Vance’s article isn’t about defending women – it’s about settling scores. She’s not advocating for pay equity: she’s weaponising it to bash a government she loathes. Her c-word tirade isn’t feminist empowerment: it’s a tantrum from a journo who’s long forgotten what objectivity looks like.
New Legislation to Crack Down on Deepfakes in New Zealand
The proposed legislation represents a proactive effort to ensure New Zealand’s legal framework keeps pace with emerging threats in the digital age.
Evidence Points to Willis Forcing Out Orr
Nothing our finance minister says about economics makes sense to me. It only can be understood in terms of back-room deals responding to lobbying from Big Business.