No Right Turn

Last year, we saw almost-Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming convicted for possessing child sexual abuse material . The conviction was an ...

Last month, the regime introduced the Conservation Amendment Bill , a steaming pile of shit which would allow it to sell off huge chunks of ...

Household solar power is having a moment at the moment, and encouraging it is looking like a total no-brainer for any government. Even Natio...

"Reform health and safety law and regulations" is one of the commitments in the National-ACT coalition agreement , and ACT has adv...

Aotearoa has a problem: the rich don't pay their fair share . They benefit from our society: the state protects their wealth and provide...

An OIA request on FYI has alerted me to an unpleasant quirk in Parliament's rules. Someone has asked Jenny Marcroft, who is Parliamenta...

Shame Jones' corrupt Fisheries Amendment Bill is dead : Controversial fisheries reform led by New Zealand First minister Shane Jones is...

Last year, the regime rammed through the Equal Pay Amendment Act under urgency, gutting pay equity laws, dumping all claims, and stealing $1...

There's been some stuff over the last few weeks about how MP's high salaries and extensive perks put them out of touch with normal p...

Labour has finally announced some policy, with a promise of cheaper public transport : Labour has vowed to cap public transport fares at $2...

Since time immemorial - or at least the 1990's - the National party's Big Economic Idea was cuts. Slash the state! Sack people! Give...

Yesterday, the Labour party announced its party list , parachuting senior police officer Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo in at 13th place to sh...

Last week we had the unseemly sight of Social Development Minister Louise Upston cutting housing for the needy, while being paid $1,000 a mo...

The Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee has reported back on the Commerce (Promoting Competition and Other Matters) Amen...

Back in March, Newsroom 's Sam Sachdeva reported that the regime was planning to use high costs as an excuse to limit access to the Offi...

Last week, we learned that climate polluters had been writing our climate laws , and trying to hide the evidence by handing over their deman...

What is the purpose of the state? What is our government for ? If you ask the average New Zealander, you'll likely get some variation o...

National is busy cutting social housing, which has resulted in increased scrutiny of politicians' housing entitlements. First, there...

That's the only way to describe today's exposure by RNZ that over $1 million in political donations is linked to fast-track applica...

Back in 2023, Aotearoa had a serious climate policy. Non-agricultural emissions were covered by the ETS, and despite some initial hiccups, t...