As readers may be aware, in February the IPCA issued a report criticising the law of protest in Aotearoa as unfit for purpose. While I think the IPCA report is inadequate as a comprehensive response t ...

As Paul Walczak awaited sentencing early this year, his best hope for avoiding prison time rested with the newly inaugurated president. Mr. Walczak, a former nursing home executive who had pleaded ...

In the current competitive scenario, the average address in New Zealand has 2.05 options within 10 minutes’ drive. Full entrance of The Warehouse into groceries at all current locations would increase ...

I was interested in how the demographics of the Youth Parliament (selected by MPs) compares to the demographics of Parliament itself (elected and selected by parties). The comparison is: So in terms ...

This document was supposed to support the case for banning the AfD. Specifically, it was supposed to convince those who matter that ban proceedings have a good chance of success with the Federal ...

Amid public debate over a controversial art installation that encourages people to walk on a New Zealand flag, a woman has pledged to pick the flag up from the floor each day in protest. This comes ...

A federal court has struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs on dozens of countries, saying his effort to justify them with broad claims of national emergencies exceeded his legal authority. The ...

More than 80,000 Kiwis must quit smoking before the end of the year to meet the goal of Smokefree 2025, which was launched 14 years ago. But Professor of Public Health Chris Bullen tells The Detail ...

John Bowie has a great tribute to Bob Jones, that fans would enjoy reading. One extract: He could be irascible, infuriating, and absolutely impossible to pigeonhole. One minute he’d be railing against ...

Claims standards of parliamentary behaviour have fallen are nonsense. Except for Te Pāti Māori, this is a well-behaved House. The Speaker’s referral of the floor protest to the Privileges Committee ...

NewstalkZB +110,800 listeners, a 20.7% gain Radio NZ -186,600 listeners, a 29.5% drop Each one individually is remarkable. A 21% increase is listeners in five years is massive, especially at a time ...