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The slaughter of the children in Pakistan is incomprehensibly awful. On the side, it has thrown a spotlight onto something that’s become a pop cultural […]

Whenever the authorities bring a siege situation to an end, there will be criticism if – as has happened in Sydney – any hostages are […]

As 2014 grinds to a close, we probably didn’t need one more reminder of this government’s ability to stare reality in the face and declare […]

So China’s President Xi wants New Zealand to help them to extradite ‘corrupt’ Chinese officials who have fled here with their ill-gotten gains. Hey, who […]

While Labour and National fiddle around with the powers of the security services – and warrantless surveillance is still an outrage even if it lasts […]

The use of cute labels to market bad ideas is what you do when running the country seems like a process similar to selling soap […]

John Key’s credibility has taken a hammering this week – at least among the 50% of the electorate who have always had doubts about him […]

As anyone who’s ever encountered him around Parliament will verify, Chris Finlayson’s arrogance is matched only by his sense of self-esteem. On RNZ this morning […]

Suddenly, we’re awash in inquiries and reviews. (It feels almost as if the Greens won the last election.) Caught out by the damning inquiry by […]

Could this news report serve to explain – in a nutshell – why Prime Minister John Key has not ruled out the SAS forming part […]

So Andrew Little has won the leadership – by the narrowest possible margin – from Grant Robertson, and has already been depicted by commentators as […]

It hasn’t been a great year for Trade Minister Tim Groser. The Trans Pacific Partnership deal has been deadlocked all year, amidst increasingly desperate attempts […]

As New Zealand scopes out the training role that we’re likely to play in Iraq next year against Islamic State, we should perhaps be keeping […]

Now that the Labour leadership pageant has finally ground to a halt, the voting (and the guesswork about the likely result) can begin in earnest. […]

Despite having had months to prepare its story about the threat allegedly posed by Islamic State, the government’s rationale for its line of response is […]

There are two dimensions to the security measures announced yesterday: (a) the deployment of New Zealand forces in ‘training” roles inside Iraq, and (b) the […]

Every now and then Parliament gets an MP who is regarded kindly by those in the opposing ranks as being a basically good sort who, […]