Face of the Day
There are currently just over 63,000 full-time public servants, which is a slight decrease under this coalition government from the high of approximately 65,000 in the 2024/25 year.
NZ Politics
Albo Is Just Copying Jacinda’s Homework Again
There’s not a failed idea from across the ditch Albo doesn’t love.
Why the Word Aotearoa Should Be Discarded
The name that unites us – the name recognised throughout the world – the name carried through war, peace, hardship, triumph, and generations of shared endeavour – is New Zealand.
The Creation of an Online State Regulator
History demonstrates that broad censorial powers rarely remain narrowly confined.
The Silence on Welfarism and Children
Problems don’t go away because you don’t talk about them. Talking about them is an essential prerequisite to progress.
Hipkins Drags Out Phoney War With Coalition
If Labour leads the next government, He Puapua will undoubtedly be back at full throttle – even though Hipkins will undoubtedly not mention it by name.
A Giant Leap Forward
Texas Attorney General Paxton forces Texas Children’s Hospital to open the nation’s first detransition clinic, pay $10 million, and fire the doctors who harmed kids.
Winston Peters Goes Full Nationalist with Bold Kiwisaver and Bank Plans
Whether you love it or loathe it, this is Nationalist policy with a capital N. The election just got a whole lot more interesting.
Silly Girl Wants Special Rules for Fragile Female MPs While Demanding Fewer Cops
Having your ideas and rank hypocrisy called out is not racist, misogynistic or dangerous. It is called free speech.
Is He Sniffing the Winds?
The joke at the moment across the Western democracies is that you’re often seeing coalitions in all but name via the so-called “uni-party” where parties simply exchange power but maintain the same overall policies. People have had a gutsful of their votes changing nothing in their lives.
TPM Is Failing Its People
The people walking out are the ones who tried to challenge that axis and lost.
The Sting in the India Trade Deal
That is the real issue raised by this agreement: not trade, but whether constitutional change in New Zealand will occur by democratic choice or by political stealth.