I knew immediately on the day of my arrest that there was something terribly wrong with police oversight and accountability structures in this country, and said as much in a Kiwiblog article at the ...

The coalition has directed Health New Zealand to say "women" instead of "pregnant people" in its communications about health issues. Associate Health Minister Casey Costello wrote to interim chief ...

There were 17,028 Maori babies born in 2024. According to an official information response from the Ministry of Social Development, 5,997 were dependent on welfare by the end of the year. That's 35.2 ...

Vladimir Putin 70% Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 54% Xi Jinping 36% Donald Trump 30% What is interesting is the difference between the leader and the country. They difference for each is: Vladimir Putin - sa ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88. He was Pope for 12 years, a Cardinal for 24 years, Archbishop for 27 years and a Bishop for 32 years. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio and was the first Jesuit Pope. He ...

All sensible stuff. A big focus needs to be on getting final results as soon as possible after election day. Ridiculous to wait three weeks for final results when you have also had advance voting for ...

There is, in New Zealand, a certain powerful, tightly controlled organisation. It has secretive membership numbers, opaque finances and a history of safeguarding and other scandals. It boasts strong ...

Following the news that two reserve Bank managers had resigned, I checked out their management structure. They have six Assistant Governors and a massive 27 directors or third level managers. Just ...

A teen who took part in a violent and unprovoked street attack, king hitting one of his victims, has narrowly avoided jail after a judge ruled it would not be the “just” outcome. Just? Just for who?

Double murderer Mark Lundy will be released from prison next month, despite holding firm to the position that he never killed his wife and daughter. Lundy has spent more than 23 years behind bars for ...

I was involved in beginning South Auckland Middle School in Manurewa. We had 120 students to start and quickly grew to 180 and with a waiting list of over 100. The students were over 85% Maori and ...