No Right Turn

Last week we learned that the police had "blacklisted" a leading crime researcher from accessing police data under a "resear...

David Cameron, there aren't 70,000 moderate fighters in Syria - and whoever heard of a moderate with a Kalashnikov, anyway?

Things seem to be coming to a crunch in the UK Labour Party. David Cameron wants to bomb Syria (and despite having a majority to do it hims...

Back in June, Turkish journalists revealed that the Turkish intelligence services were arming Islamist rebels in Syria . And now they're...

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning a mass-execution of "terrorists" : Saudi authorities appear set in the next few days to carry...

This morning in an editorial the Herald proposes that we resolve our problems with Australia by means of a "common border" : Its...

The Herald has a story this morning about Callaghan Innovation's R&D grants scheme , and a recent report which found the grant rule...

Even the Police Association's Greg O'Connor recognises that the police and wider public sector are fiddling the OIA : Police and ot...

The Local Government and Environment Committee is currently hearing submissions in Christchurch on National's latest bill to extend the ...

This morning the government announced that it had cut a deal with the Maori Party to introduce (and presumably pass) a bill for RMA "re...

School gets aid despite assets worth millions , Dominion-Post , 13 January 2014: A high school under investigation by the Ministry of Educ...

Climate change seems like a very abstract problem. Sure, emissions are out of control, our governments seem intent on doing nothing about it...

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce today announced nearly $1 million of new funding to produce news headlines suggesting that the ...

Last month 14 Vanuatu MPs were convicted of bribery and corruption and sentenced to imprisonment , robbing the government of its majority. B...

This morning we learned that the New Zealand Police had "blacklisted" a leading crime researcher from accessing police data , supp...

Andrew Little is off to Australia tomorrow, to stick up for kiwis where John Key won't . In response, the Australians are suggesting tha...

Another story of torture in Fiji - and once again its the police who are responsible : Rajneel Singh writhed in pain on his Lautoka Hospita...

John Key was on the radio this morning, trying to scare us all about terrorists again so we'll fall into line and let the spies do whate...

Indonesia has announced a moratorium on executions : Indonesian presidential chief of staff Luhut Panjaitan made the announcement, saying t...

Last month I highlighted an interest effort to run a DIY referendum on the TPPA . Voting has opened, and you can vote on it here . The o...