A mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that left at least 12 people dead has been declared a terrorist incident. Naveed Akram, 24, is confirmed to be one of the two shooters who opened fire on a ...

I'm away tramping for six on the next seven days, and will be uncontactable during that time. There will be some blog posts appearing, written in advance. But don't expect any coverage of any breaking ...

Very sad that Hamish Price has died. I've known him for almost 30 years. My strongest earliest memory of Hamish was at a public meeting in Loaves and Fishes Hall in Wellington where he loudly asked ...

Wellington architects have put forward plans for restoring and reusing a block of “ugly” and “dangerous” flats set to be demolished. Victoria University of Wellington confirmed this week it will ...

Bishop sided with former Wellington mayor Tory Whanau’s call to allow more housing in the capital, even though every conservative councillor was opposed. He made Christchurch zone for high-density ...

A great parody of the famous Monthy Python skit where Jews sit around moaning that the Romans took everything from them, and never did anything good for them - except for ... It is very pertinent when ...

By Lucy Rogers I read an excellent Herald article today showing that arming cops with lethal weapons is an Utterly Stupid Idea: You can find it if you scroll down the Herald website for long enough, ...

Unrepentant, Labour’s finance team should at least consider being embarrassed by their boorish heckling of the Finance Minister. Far from presenting a government in waiting to steward New Zealand out ...

Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has been reinstated after an interim judgment by the High Court. The Te Tai Tokerau MP had sought the injunction against her party’s decision to expel her, ...

It is interesting to look at the list of Maori MPs who have won general electorates in NZ. The list is: James Carroll, Liberal, 1893 Rex Austin, National, 1975 Ben Couch, National, 1975 Winston Peters ...

A controversial piece of artwork that prompted 101 complaints in a week has now been stolen from a Hastings art gallery. The installation, Flagging the Future, at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings ...

Britain’s budget watchdog has said the early leak of its budget documents before Rachel Reeves made her speech was the “worst failure” in its 15-year history as it emerged a similar breach had ...