New Zealand Farmers will soon likely have to pay tax on the emissions their stock produce, in an effort to meet the reductions in green house gas emissions, that we promised under the Paris accord ...

MPs have taken a historic step toward legalising assisted dying in Englandand Wales by backing a bill that would give some terminally ill people the right to end their own lives. Campaigners in favour ...

Te Pāti Māori have a policy to “establish a Māori Parliament”. According to the NZ Election Study 2020, however, the proposal for a Māori upper house of parliament is only supported by a minority of ...

It looks like the Assad regime which has ruled Syria since 1971 may be about to crumble. The Civil War started 13 years ago but was thought to be at a stalemate, but suddenly two major cities have ...

Sky News has revealed the Albanese government will dump its misinformation and disinformation bill in response to overwhelming opposition in the Senate. Political Editor Andrew Clennell broke the news ...

In 2005 I went on a pilgrimage with a group of Americans to Gettysburg, site of the pivotal battle of the American Civil War. At the climax of our visit, I was the only person willing to attempt ...

There was a lot of media coverage of the release by the CCPI that NZ had dropped from 34th to 41st place. But many may be unaware that the ratings are highly subjective - basically the views of the ...

This ad has been widely mocked by, well, everyone. It fails to mention or show the product even once. This ad had a huge spend behind it - which only happens if polling ands focus group data shows it ...

Portia is a Kiwi journalist who has worked on some of NZ’s most challenging investigative news stories. Portia and her family enthusiastically embraced the many freedoms of a democratic society when ...

An interesting OIA response which details how many RMOs (junior hospital doctors) who left the NZ health system every year: 18/19: 55 19/20: 85 20/21: 76 21/22: 121 22/23: 266 This is part of the ...

Among the areas it identified for improvement was a rule that said any discussion of assisted dying had to be initiated by the patient. The rule was made out of concern a patient might feel pressured ...

The TEU recently had a conference on academic freedom. I found this amusing as one of the biggest enemies of academic freedom is the TEU. There have been numerous stories of academics who have faced ...