The ideal vs the NZ situation. In terms of per capita GDP Singapore leads the world (2023 figures) at US$141,553. NZ is 43rd at $53,481. Bruce Cotterill has a very good piece in the NZH last week on ...

So the solar farm operator has to arrange mandatory prayers for any native trees they remove, to provide solar power to 7,500 homes. On the assumption that this is mandated because native trees have ...

This post is a warmup for a topic I have been wanting to cover for years, that of Trump Derangement Syndrome or TDS. There are various stages and levels of TDS and various subcategories of people who ...

Two years after it happened, we finally have a summary of the Police notes about what happened when then Justice Minister Kiri Allan crashed her car under the influence of alcohol. Key aspects are: Ve ...

Exposed: Why New Zealand turned on Jacinda Ardern pic.twitter.com/psM5feVmxM ...

The Taxpayers' Union can reveal that Te Wharekura o Tauranga Moana is set to take staff to Tahiti this Friday and refuses to answer basic questions to justify the spend. Taxpayers' Union Executive Dir ...

Sir Ian Taylor has done an open letter to Jacinda Ardern, and it seems to have struck a real chord. He wrote it after reading her autobiography. Taylor used to be a huge huge fan of Ardern. He says so ...

Elon Musk declared the launch of his new political party on Saturday, a project he has repeatedly floated in the weeks since his explosive breakup with President Donald Trump — but provided no details ...

Green MP Tamatha Paul is giving shoplifting the green light as she opposes the Government’s plan to strengthen penalties, National Party Spokesperson for Justice Paul Goldsmith says. “The Greens are ...

My strong preference was for Charter Schools but that is water under the bridge - so - as John Wayne said ... "A man has gotta do what a man has gotta do".It has been a MASSIVE amount of work but we a ...

A Richmond resident has been blindsided by a $1400 fee to keep three dogs on his property. Owen Haring went to register his dogs before the 31 July deadline but was "really shocked" to find out that T ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced that former acting Reserve Bank Governor Grant Spencer has been appointed to the central bank’s board. Spencer retired from the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) in 2018 ...