Watching Trevor Mallard doing, what should have been his dance of death in Parliament the Tuesday night, reminded me of shooting...
If a government – it won't be this one – can say in 20 years Māori are on a level playing field when it comes to health outcomes,...
Politics is a frustrating business; rarely do you get answers out of the participants that truly satisfy. For those of us...
OPINION: It seems the Prime Minister's had a "la la la" moment when it comes to Parliament's Speaker Trevor Mallard. It...
If there's one thing this Government's good at, better than any of its predecessors, in fact standing head and shoulders...
Think about it, Jacinda Ardern's the accidental Prime Minister. This rookie leader, plucked from obscurity in the lead-up...
Did self-appointed Bishop Brian Tamaki - who now describes himself as an Apostle - and his politically ambitious wife Hannah...
There's an old saying, you've got to be cruel to be kind, and perhaps it's time for the powers that be to consider it. For...
This was a sleight of hand by Labour. The party should have campaigned on Māori wards for the country's councils during the...
If you've ever wondered whether the commonly held belief that Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison was responsible for...
OPINION: Jacinda Ardern preaches about it time and again. How we should all be kind to each other and to look after our...
OPINION: What's so special about businesses in the Cook Islands? Well, they must have something worth preserving that our...
OPINION: Trevor Mallard did nothing to cover himself in glory when he fronted up to his colleagues. He's now shrouded in...
OPINION Trevor Mallard should resign from The Speaker's job before he faces a vote of no confidence when Parliament resumes...
OPINION: This was a story that could potentially have brought down Parliament's Speaker. Trevor Mallard was being sued...
Is it the politics of envy or is it simply the politics of ignorance? Chris Hipkins was kept on in a newly created Ministry...
The bongs were standing at the ready to be fired up this afternoon as the preliminary result on the referendum to legalise...
COMMENT There'll be nothing squeaky about the wheels of the Air New Zealand jets which will be once again be chocka flying...
Read their lips: there'll be no new taxes, other than for the wealthy, under the second term of a Labour led Government. That's...
COMMENT: Five months ago today we were all beginning to hunker down, to stay at home, to only venture out for the vital...
Hats off to Andrew Borrowdale. Who is he, your may well ask? He's a Wellington lawyer - in fact he used to write laws for...
There was no appetite on the ninth floor of the Beehive to delay this year's election by a month but the alternative was...
It's easy with hindsight to say I told you so. And it gives me no pleasure at all that the country is now facing the prospect...
COMMENT: Congratulations and jubilations, I want the world to know I'm happy as can be. So went the lyrics to the late 1960s...
