New Zealand’s public hospitals are facing a doctor shortage, yet Health New Zealand—the bureaucratic body overseeing our public health system—continues to artificially limit the number of hospital ...

The Government has agreed to introduce legislation that will enable a four-year term of Parliament subject to a referendum, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “As stipulated in the National-Act ...

Wellington Water chairman Nick Leggett is right to “pause for thought” about whether his position is tenable, given the company he is accountable for has ripped off ratepayers. More scathing reports ...

The ABC's 2025 federal election coverage will be the last to feature Antony Green AO in an on-air role. The national broadcaster's chief election analyst is stepping down after more than 30 years in a ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown says he will demand an explanation from the Pharmacy Council over its competence standards for pharmacists, which have been described as “deeply disturbing.” It follows ...

Local Government NZ president Sam Broughton intends to embark on a fight-back against the Government’s most contentious “back to basics” proposal: caps on rates rises. According to the Government’s ...

An Auckland-based Canadian billionaire previously linked to an alternative news venture has taken a substantial shareholding in NZME, the owner of the NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB and BusinessDesk. In a ...

Some media commentators have taken these high level resignations as a sign of trouble within the Government - that implicitly, these resignations are a bad thing. I take the contrary view, that ...

The wowsers would have you believe that since alcohol laws were liberalised in 1989, it has been a disaster. In fact alcohol consumption is down massively. Abuse of alcohol certainly does still cause ...

Wellington bar owner Greig Wilson is in a dispute with the Wellington City Council after being told he couldn't distribute pamphlets advertising his bars during O-week at Victoria University. Wilson s ...

Violent crime levels were steady until 2018. Then Labour's policy of trying to reduce the prison population hit, and there was a massive 50% increase in just five years. The drop in 2024 of almost ...