The whānau of a man on a hunger strike to protest constitutional injustices says he was close to death when the court ruled Francis Shaw has the right to make his own decisions, even if he could die.
A review of legislation that gives the Crown the power to take private land for public infrastructure projects like roads, schools and police stations has been completed. The review could potentially ...
In New Zealand we have only one election on election day, and the Electoral Commission releases results in real time. The media do provide commentary on how the parties are doing, but most people can ...
The Government has pulled funding from the country's flagship research centre into white supremacy and violent extremism. ... He Whenua Taurikura research centre in Wellington received a letter from ...
Te Pāti Māori claims a police operation targeting Mongrel Mob members and associates alleged to be involved in a drug distribution network was “terrorism” and motivated by a “racist agenda”. It is ...
Three economists were awarded the Nobel Prize Monday for their research into how the nature of institutions helps explain why some countries become rich and others remain poor. Daron Acemoglu, Simon ...
Sara Templeton has announced she will challenge Phil Mauger for the Christchurch Mayoralty. This is no surprise. The left are very unhappy they lost control of Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin ...
While the review came out of a NZ First policy, the work is being led by Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith, who told Newsroom there was “a habit of forming, of just throwing in a Treaty reference – a ve ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has today announced his intention to appoint a Crown Observer to Wellington City Council, following news that the Council will now be required to rewrite its ...
The number of electorate seats will drop from 72 to 71 - the first ever drop under MMP. This is because the north island population did not grow as fast as the south island population. There are 16 SI ...
What concerned me, and why it is that I do not mourn the departure of the Disinformation Project from the landscape, was the lack of rigour and the approach that was taken. Critical theory and neo-Mar ...
Under section 134(1) of the Electoral Act 1993, I, Gerard Anthony Brownlee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, give notice that the seat of Darleen Tana has become vacant by reason of her ...