Rodney Hide has a tale that should be in a Monty Python comedy, but sadly is the reality in too many schools. He wanted to address the school board over his concerns that the relationship and sexual ...

An important speech by Chris Bishop to the Committee for Auckland. Key aspects are: Congestion stifles economic growth in Auckland, with studies showing that it costs between $900 million to $1.3 ...

A new submission to the Committee from banking experts Andrew Body and Simon Jensen provides fresh evidence of these costs. Their analysis shows the Reserve Bank’s capital rules add between 0.25 and 0 ...

A guest post by Reynold Macpherson, Chairman of Rotorua District Residents and Ratepayers: I watched the launch of this committee online this morning and was left with ambivalent feelings. While I ...

Te Atatū MP Phil Twyford has written to the charities regulator asking for Destiny Church to be struck off. Around 30 adults and young children had to be barricaded into a room in a library in West Au ...

It’s been interesting to read all the repetitive columns predicting Luxon’s demise – either imminently as my friend Matthew Hooton reckons or at the endpoint of a long, slow march to oblivion as my ...

Critic announced: 2025 marks Critic’s 100th year in print, and we are incredibly proud to announce our intention to produce a book to commemorate this milestone. A centenary only comes around once, ...

I am aware that there are a proportion of the public who distrust the IPCA specifically because of perceived deficiencies in the report last week. Accordingly I want to provide what insights I can ...

Cutting the corporate tax rate could boost the economy by billions of dollars a year, according to modelling done by consultancy Deloitte. Lowering the corporate tax rate is one of a suite of policy ...

A Horowhenua district councillor is under fire for working remotely – from the other side of the world. Councillor Rogan Boyle left the country in October and is said to currently be in Scotland with ...