The cascade of Orwellian lies that US President Donald Trump has used to rationalize why his country is reneging on the commitments it made under the Iran nuclear deal should be posing a genuine problem for our media.
National has now moved to Plan B in its pose as the only “responsible” party of government. Having ignored the existence of massive problems in […]
The public brawl between Energy Minister Megan Woods and BP looks like spinning off – as brawls tend to do – into a whole array […]
Tomorrow (May 3) is the UN’s World Press Freedom Day. At last count, 32 working journalists had been killed this year up until April 30, […]
Remember that classic clip of Homer Simpson reacting to news of the government’s best effort at speed –roasting a buffalo? Keep that impatience in mind. […]
So the old saying goes, the main difference between the centre-right and centre-left is that both believe in market solutions, but the centre-left spends a […]
More than once, the coalition government has ruled out using public private partnerships (PPPs) to fund the country’s infrastructure needs in health and education – […]
As PM Jacinda Ardern returns from a triumphant tour to Britain and the capitals of Europe, her officials have probably begun to assess what the […]
Daily, the coalition government keeps running into examples of the toxic legacy left behind by National – and just as regularly, even the simple fixes […]
So our GCSB has chimed in, alongside its British, Australian and US allies, with warnings about a “fresh wave” of Russian cyber attacks, although the […]
The past week’s headlines about the chemical attacks in Syria – and the military response by the US, France and Britain – have tended to […]
The media reports the facts…. but that’s not the end of it, and nor should it be. It also marshals those facts and creates a […]
So there is to be a government inquiry into the 2010 raid on an Afghan village, as described in the Nicky Hager/Jon Stephenson book Hit […]
What an odd post-Cabinet press conference that was yesterday, from PM Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Overall, it was like hearing from the […]
So Immigration New Zealand has been using racial profiling to guide its decisions on which kinds of immigrants it should deport. Oh sure, they’re saying […]
If Auckland wants a better, modern transport system – and if the rest of the country wants safer roads that kill and injure fewer people […]
Week by week, the sheer scale of the neglect to crucial social infrastructure by the Key/English government becomes apparent – and with it the size […]
It now seems certain the government will be launching an independent inquiry (after Easter) into the allegations contained in the Hit & Run book, and […]
Now that the initial shock of Carol Hirschfeld’s resignation has worn off, we’re getting to the sharp end of the RNZ story. Why did Broadcasting […]
It is time for the ritual handover at the Reserve Bank. Sometime today, Adrian Orr will don the gubernatorial undergarments, drain the Goblet of Knowledge […]
As things currently stand, the White House has NOT included New Zealand on its list of allies whose steel and aluminium exports to the US […]
Credibility is always such a fickle, unstable element in politics. You know it when you see it, though. In January a US publication called The […]
As David Lange once said, it is almost impossible to get New Zealand to think about Indonesia, the huge nation sitting right on our doorstep.
Attempts by the Foreign Affairs Minister to downplay Russia’s role in the shooting down of MH17 have already earned unflattering coverage across the Tasman
The willingness of the Police to play Russian roulette with public safety via its current policy on pursuits continues to end in carnage
The #MeToo campaign has been approached by Sweden in an impressively systematic fashion.
In the end, the party leadership left the loaded revolver on Steven Joyce’s desk, and he did the decent thing. Amy Adams as Finance spokesperson […]
Other countries regard trade deals as an adjunct of diplomacy and defence and proceed accordingly.
What the government’s BORA announcement signaled first and foremost, was that prisoners in the New Zealand could be about to win back the right to vote.
Voters on the centre-right of politics need to pray that Simon Bridges is not the only winner from the National leadership contest.
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