A new report is calling for gang members to be segregated in New Zealand prisons to combat their significant and “problematic” influence over inmates. Sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert’s new report, The ...

As a huge supporter of free markets and personal liberties, I welcome this. Personally I would still allow contrary views on these issues (but Bezos owns it so he decides) but it is great to have the ...

UK. The right of asylum is an ancient right to flee a government or ruler that persecutes you. It goes back thousands of years. In the modern era the UDHR says: Everyone ...

The real issue is the unnecessary complexity and arbitrariness of the current law. That isn’t being addressed. Instead we are getting a deluge of hand-wringing about “vigilantism” and doomsday ...

New Zealand’s public hospitals are facing a doctor shortage, yet Health New Zealand—the bureaucratic body overseeing our public health system—continues to artificially limit the number of hospital ...

At Patreon (paywalled)I have done my normal monthly summary of how Governments are looking placed for re-election. My intro is: Nigel Farage is positioned to become the next UK Prime Minister, while ...

Wellington Water chairman Nick Leggett is right to “pause for thought” about whether his position is tenable, given the company he is accountable for has ripped off ratepayers. More scathing reports ...

The Government has agreed to introduce legislation that will enable a four-year term of Parliament subject to a referendum, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “As stipulated in the National-Act ...

The first is replacing DCs with a Development Levy System, The second is establishing regulatory oversight of Development Levies to ensure charges are fair and appropriate, The third is increasing the ...

The ABC’s 2025 federal election coverage will be the last to feature Antony Green AO in an on-air role. The national broadcaster’s chief election analyst is stepping down after more than 30 years in a ...

An Auckland-based Canadian billionaire previously linked to an alternative news venture has taken a substantial shareholding in NZME, the owner of the NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB and BusinessDesk. In a ...