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Statesmanship

In our democracy, former leaders usually fade into the background after they lose power. Occasionally, they might pop up when compelled to by what they see happening, offering the benefit of their years. Usually, this occurs after a couple of changes in government, when they’re no longer closely associated with ...

Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel

2 hours ago
What if there’d been no vaccine?

It was pretty damn impressive how swiftly they managed to produce a vaccine for COVID. Not soon enough to save all those lives in New York and London and Milan, but enough to get back comparatively soon to something like normal.Feels a bit comical now to recall how fondly some ...

More Than A FeildingBy David Slack

5 hours ago
DOGE is Legally Liable for Texas Drownings

In a world increasingly battered by the ferocity of climate-driven storms, the catastrophic Texas floods of July 2025 stand as a grim testament to governmental negligence. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), under the previous stewardship of Elon Musk and propelled by Donald Trump’s administration, slashed funding and staffing to critical ...

The Jackal

6 hours ago
Since Australia hosts US facilities, we need a joint war plan

Australia hosts several joint Australian-American facilities and provides the US with privileged access to a range of functions that are performed at Australian facilities. As a consequence, Australia is deeply integrated into US strategies of ...

The StrategistBy Michael Pezzullo

19 hours ago
Could NZ First vs ACT blow up the coalition over the Regulatory Standards Bill?

Briefly for paying subscribers at 7am on Saturday, July 12, the key scoops, breaking news, deep-dives, editorials, analysis and other news links in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate today are:Tension is mounting in Cabinet between ACT and NZ First over the Regulatory Standards Bill, with Winston Peters ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

1 day ago
Is Progress Progressive?

We should not assume that all adopted innovations are progressive. Jonathon Haidt’s ‘The Anxious Generation’ illustrates that sometimes they require social measures to enhance well being.The Anxious Generation is a book which probably everyone engaging with adolescents should read. Haidt’s thesis is that smartphones replacing flip phones led to a ...

PunditBy Brian Easton

2 days ago
National security isn’t what it used to be—and that’s the point

All prime ministers and presidents frequently tell us that national security is the top priority for government, but does the public see it the same way. And does that matter? When people think of national ...

The StrategistBy Justin Bassi and John Coyne

2 days ago
No one told us life was gonna be this way

1. What has been named 2025 NZ Tree of the Year?a. Tane Mahutab. The Chook Treec. Steven Adamsd. The Bucket Fountain2. The botanical name for macrocarpa, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, means: a. Large-fruited western cypressb. Tree most likely to crush your shedc. Will not lay eggs no matter how much you trim ...

More Than A FeildingBy David Slack

2 days ago
ASPI Defence Conference: Industry, policy and national resilience

Concerns about the strength of Australia’s defence industrial base were central to the industry policy panel at ASPI’s 2025 Defence Conference. The defence industrial base—a network of domestic and foreign industries, companies, research institutions and ...

The StrategistBy Courtney Stewart

2 days ago
Elon Musk’s Anti-Woke Grok AI Backfires

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Elon Musk’s Grok, developed by xAI, has sparked heated debate. It’s not for its promised “truth-seeking” prowess but for its alarming descent into extremism. Designed to counter what Musk perceived as the “woke” leanings of other AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Grok’s recent updates ...

The Jackal

2 days ago
Ray Chung – Arsehole of the Week

In the murky world of local politics, few things reek as badly as Wellington mayoral candidate Ray Chung’s despicable conduct. His smearing email, circulated to fellow councillors in early 2023, peddling baseless and salacious gossip about Mayor Tory Whanau, is not just a personal attack, it’s a grotesque abuse of ...

The Jackal

2 days ago
Collateral benefit: space launch centre’s sensors will plug Cape York gap

Australia’s northern approaches are increasingly contested, yet the airspace over Cape York remains under-monitored and operationally thin. But only for the moment. Civilian sensors will close the gap. My company, Space Centre Australia, has begun ...

The StrategistBy James Palmer

2 days ago
For smuggled drones, China wouldn’t be as soft a target as Russia

Ukraine did it. Israel did it. Could Taiwan do it? If China attacks Taiwan, could the island unleash smuggled drones on Chinese territory against high-value targets? Maybe, but China has long been aware of the ...

The StrategistBy David Axe

2 days ago
Economic Bulletin June July 2025

We have two feature articles in this edition. In the first, Morgan James-Tresidder, the new pay equity lead at the NZCTU, sets out why pay equity is such a critical tool for advancing working women’s interests, and outlines how unions are fighting back against the government’s retrograde changes to the ...

NZCTUBy Jeremiah Boniface

2 days ago
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Jonathan Boston & Wolfgang Rack ‘Hoon’ around the...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts and talking with regular guest about the week’s news in geopolitics and climate, along with special guests Professor Jonathan Boston from Victoria University of Wellington and Professor Wolfgang Rack from University ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

2 days ago
Friday 11 July

NZ Post is being told to start over on its consultation process for a proposed business reorganisation after the ERA found it failed to meet its obligations to union members. Southland Hospital staff have taken industrial action for the third time since February over safety concerns. More people moved away ...

NZCTUBy Jack McDonald

2 days ago
Wednesday 10 July

Foodstuffs has confirmed 180 roles at Victoria Park’s New World supermarket will be disestablished after a fire three weeks ago – Workers First have negotiated an extended redundancy period in support of the workers. Residential rents are falling in most parts of the country with Wellington leading the way down. ...

NZCTUBy Jack McDonald

2 days ago
Brickbats

The past is always knocking incessantTrying to break through into the presentWe have to work to keep it outBut I won't be the first to SHOUT it's overSong: Billy Bragg.BrickbatnounA piece of brick used as a missile."he had received a blow with a brickbat"A critical remark or comment."The plaudits were ...

Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel

2 days ago
2018 offences should be retained in a new age of espionage

Australia’s 2018 espionage laws are instrumental to defending against espionage, foreign interference, sabotage and theft of trade secrets. A current review of them by Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s (INSLM) should recommend their retention and ...

The StrategistBy Chris Taylor

2 days ago
Young workers leaving in their droves

Briefly for paying subscribers at 6.30am on Friday, July 11, the key scoops, breaking news, deep-dives, Op-Eds, analysis and other news links in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate are:Net migration to Australia hit a 12-year high in 2024 and overall net migration in the last two months ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

2 days ago
David Seymour Dodges Truth on Mass Kiwi Exodus

New Zealand is bleeding talent, and the National-led government’s ineptitude is squarely to blame. A record 70,000 Kiwis fled our shores in the year to March 2025, with Australia’s brighter economic prospects luring two-thirds of them across the Tasman. The 18-30 age group, particularly young professionals and high-performing students, is ...

The Jackal

2 days ago
Christian Nightmares

Hi,Ever since Donald Trump was elected, and then lost, and was then elected again, I’ve finally come to accept that terrible shit just keeps coming back around.Annoyingly, my work here on Webworm reminds me of this all the time.Back in 2022, I proudly published that the leaders of New Zealand’s ...

David FarrierBy David Farrier

2 days ago
National gets a warning from its friends

Some of the National Party’s key stakeholders came to Parliament yesterday and ripped into one of the Government’s showpiece Bills. Underlying the criticism of the Bill, which would establish the industry training bodies to replace Labour’s loss-making Polytech body, Te Pūkenga, was a familiar theme. There was too much direction ...

PolitikBy Richard Harman

2 days ago
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #28 2025

Open access notables Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action, Sparkman et al., Communications Earth & Environment A wide variety of existing narratives describe how we might address climate change. Which of these approaches is popular among the American public? ...

Skeptical Science

3 days ago
Trump’s tariff war risks undermining US alliances in East Asia

New York Times columnist David Brooks once remarked that Donald Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions—a sentiment that captures the core challenge facing US policy in East Asia. Trump correctly identified the ...

The StrategistBy Frank Rose

3 days ago
Dealing to the evidence

Rob Campbell recently wrote a piece for Newsroom entitled “Government continues its blunt refusal to acquire knowledge”.He quoted Karl Popper: “true ignorance is not the absence of knowledge but the refusal to acquire it.”He then quoted the PM on bootcamps “I don’t care what you say about whether it does ...

Fabians

3 days ago
Australia’s freedom-of-navigation activities raise more questions than answers

A freedom-of-navigation activity that the Australian and British navies jointly conducted near the Spratly Islands last month was notable. It was the first they’d done together, following a joint Australia and New Zealand transit of ...

The StrategistBy Euan Graham

3 days ago
“Can you have a peaceful revolution?”

“Trump’s win was the triumph of capitalism and neoliberalism, and he’s going to wreak havoc. There’s nothing we can do about that, except maybe incremental changes. That’s not what we need. We need revolution. Can you have a peaceful revolution? I don’t know.”David SuzukiWell, David Suzuki has called it, and ...

Sapphi’s SubstackBy Stephanie Cullen

3 days ago
Gas is still dead

The National regime, with its outdated fossil thinking, is desperately trying to revive the fossil fuel industry. Meanwhile, that industry seems to be voting with its feet: one of my regular checks of the gas permit map, and comparison with the permit spreadsheet, shows that OMV has surrendered another two ...

No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant

3 days ago
India’s water treaty power play signals regional shift

As India renegotiates the Ganges Water Treaty with Bangladesh following the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, it is adopting a new posture in its water diplomacy. India appears to be charting a China-like path ...

The StrategistBy Aparna Divya

3 days ago
The Dust of Israel’s Genocide Settles Across the World

In the annals of human cruelty, the Holocaust stands as a grotesque monument to industrialised slaughter. Hitler’s regime exterminated six million Jews, alongside Romani people, disabled individuals, political dissidents, LGBTQ+ communities, and intellectuals, a genocide shrouded in secrecy, its full horrors only grasped after the German's were defeated.Fast forward to ...

The Jackal

3 days ago
Wednesday 9 July

CTU president Richard Wagstaff warned the “light touch” approach in the Government’s new AI strategy would do nothing to protect workers from the serious risks from AI. Lawyers representing unions have urged the Supreme Court to uphold a landmark Court of Appeal ruling that a group of Uber drivers were ...

NZCTUBy Jack McDonald

3 days ago
Good enough to win: rethinking risk in innovation

Innovation policy is often built around optimism. But in a world of live contest across the economy, the environment and the broader geostrategic landscape, progress cannot afford to wait for perfection. The scale of technology ...

The StrategistBy Jason Van der Schyff

3 days ago
Of Story Salvaging, Magazine Demise, and a Thousand Posts (+ Accursed AI)

This marks A Phuulish Fellow’s thousandth blog post. I was rather hoping that this milestone would coincide with the tenth anniversary in November 2025, but it was not to be. A thousand posts, spread over nearly a decade, is obviously a fair number, and the sheer number of post-categories on ...

A Phuulish FellowBy strda221

3 days ago
Rainbow Warriors

Where the Banshees cryAnd the bells they soundWhen you lift me highWhen you pull me downWhen you pull me downWhen you pull me downSongwriter: Donald Bain Mcglashan.Forty years ago today, the French government committed a terrorist action, an unprovoked act of war on our nation, for the crime of peaceful ...

Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel

3 days ago
A criminal nation

The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia guilty of horrific human rights violations during its unlawful invasions of Ukraine: Russia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of ...

No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant

3 days ago
Winning on economics means losing on national security

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs to make a formal statement to the Australian Parliament addressing Australia’s place in a changing world and unambiguously asking the Australian public to pay a price to defend the nation’s ...

The StrategistBy Andrew Forrest

3 days ago
Trump just gave a huge gift to China’s economy

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections On the Fourth of July – America’s 249th birthday – President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that could very well cede the country’s position as the leading global economic superpower to China. As the nonpartisan energy think tank RMI has argued, the ...

Skeptical Science

3 days ago
Kāinga Ora selling Wellington land it once planned to build 320 homes on

Briefly for paying subscribers at 7am on Wednesday, July 91, the key scoops, breaking news, deep-dives, Op-Eds, analysis and other news links in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate are:Kāinga Ora is selling two plots of land in Wellington it once planned to put 320 homes on, and ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

3 days ago
Gordon Campbell On Why The Regulatory Standards Bill Is A Hot Mess

When the politician pushing a controversial piece of legislation starts accusing his critics of “derangement syndrome” – as David Seymour has done this week – then any chance of a rational debate on the Regulatory Standards Bill has gone out the window. Seymour’s tantrum confirms the fears held by constitutional ...

WerewolfBy lyndon

3 days ago
GCSB & NZSIS warn ACT Bill risks NZ’s National Security

As outlined earlier in the week, RNZ has a charter to “serve the public interest” - not pretend it is centrist, shy, or bipartisan.This week, during the Regulatory Standards Bill select committee, the dominance of corporate media and RNZ government inteference could not be clearer.As heavy hitter after heavy hitter, ...

Mountain TuiBy Mountain Tūī

4 days ago
The RBNZ just held the OCR at 3.25%. Is that it? Does it matter?

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The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

4 days ago
‘Catastrophic failures’: Defence budget squeeze hits navy maintenance

The Defence budget squeeze has starved the Royal Australian Navy of sustainment funding. We see this in the scandalous state of two of the Royal Australian Navy’s most significant ships, revealed in an Australian National ...

The StrategistBy David Uren

4 days ago
Reimagining Democracy for a new era – Auckland

The expression of the will of the people has taken and can take many forms. It has been subject to change, tweaks and revolutions and remains something we trust to keep us free from tyranny and authoritarianism. However, we need to be give it continued thought. Today it needs some ...

Fabians

4 days ago
One does not simply bring back a Moa

I have to admit my very first thought was: How awesome would it be to see one?My further thought was: Just how lopsided could this go?Spoiler alert: if you've been waiting sixty years to watch The Fly, the ending is not good.Help me, help me cries the tiny head of ...

More Than A FeildingBy David Slack

4 days ago
Albanese’s China visit: views from ASPI analysts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China from 12 to 18 July, his office said yesterday. He’ll meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Here are ASPI analysts’ views on the visit, what Albanese ...

The StrategistBy ASPI staff

4 days ago
Politicised COVID Inquiry Targets Labour

In the grand theatre of New Zealand politics, the Coalition of Chaos has turned the second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned into a stage for partisan point-scoring, rather than a genuine pursuit of truth. This expanded inquiry, set to conclude by February 2026, is ...

The Jackal

4 days ago
Why our housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on is stalled

Rate cuts aren’t working this time to fire up our economy, which is now even more of a housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāBriefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Wednesday, July 9:The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has paused1 its rate ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

4 days ago
When a RNZ Host gets it terribly wrong

..With perhaps one (or maybe two) exception(s), the journalists, producers, technicians, and hosts at RNZ are folks I hold in high regard. They have tough jobs to do - especially when trying to elicit some semblance of comprehensible answers from our robotic Prime Minister, programmed to give automated responses to ...

Frankly SpeakingBy Frank Macskasy

4 days ago
Don’t let Beijing’s AI charm offensive fool us

There’s one thing China’s ambassador to Australia got right in a call to add artificial intelligence to the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA): ‘China has always viewed Australia and China-Australia relations from a strategic and ...

The StrategistBy Fergus Ryan

4 days ago
Workers absent from government’s AI “strategy”

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is concerned that the artificial intelligence (AI) “strategy” document released today by the Government ignores impacts on working people and replicates the corporate hype of Microsoft and other tech giants. “It is crucial that no workers are left behind as ...

NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

4 days ago
China’s ‘Taiwanese separatist’ hotline shows expanding lawfare strategy

Beijing’s coercion campaign against Taiwan is entering a more litigious phase. While military drills and cognitive warfare remain staples of its coercive playbook, China is now intensifying the systematic use of law to target Taiwan’s ...

The StrategistBy Nathan Attrill

4 days ago
“There is no corruption in New Zealand…”

A government lavishes corporate welfare on a project managed by one of its donors, then appoints him as a director of a government body. The USA? No, its National's New Zealand: A newly-appointed KiwiRail board director is associated with a company which donated to NZ First. Scott O'Donnell is ...

No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant

4 days ago
Pacific maritime policy could mend fragmentation, increase resilience

The Pacific’s patchwork of national policies and voluntary regional frameworks often falls short of delivering unified, timely and effective responses. A comprehensive and legally binding regional maritime policy could build a more cohesive and resilient ...

The StrategistBy Desley Wartovo

4 days ago
Unbelievable

The things, you sayYour purple prose just gives you awayThe things, you sayYou're unbelievableWriters: Ian Dench, Mark De Cloedt, Zachary Foley, James Atkin, Derran Brownson.Things are a bit strange right now. Don’t you think?With the right emboldened, the usual standards of decency, evidence, and logic have been abandoned, lying in ...

Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel

4 days ago
Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix Sixes at 7am on Wednesday, July 9

Briefly for paying subscribers at 7am on Wednesday, July 91, the key scoops, breaking news, deep-dives, Op-Eds, analysis and other news links in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate are:Top Six Pick ’n’ Mix for Wednesday, July 9Emma Ricketts for Stuff: Health NZ backtracks on proposal to reallocate ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

4 days ago
Peters heads off to the trade war

Foreign Minister Winston Peters heads off today to Kuala Lumpur for a meeting with South East Asian foreign ministers, which will now be ground zero for the trade war with the United States. It is the annual Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers conference, and New Zealand ...

PolitikBy Richard Harman

4 days ago
Fact brief – Is global warming just due to El Niño?

Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Is global warming just due to El Niño? El Niño Southern Oscillation is a short-term and cyclical weather phenomenon caused by alternating wind ...

Skeptical Science

5 days ago
Think about defence spending like this: when risks rise, so do insurance premiums

Australia’s strategic risk has increased significantly, and the government needs to increase its defence spending to match it. Defence spending is the premium for Australia’s defence insurance policy—it underwrites Australia’s protection from external threats, with ...

The StrategistBy Sam Goldsmith

5 days ago
In their dreams

Order of Ceremony for the Jacinda Ardern Show Trial and Ritual HumiliationMs HDPB-Allen will rise to say:I want to hear you apologise for showing empathy during a crisis. She may, if she chooses, add: This made me feel very uncomfortable.Mr M Hosking, wearing Armani and looking as though he has ...

More Than A FeildingBy David Slack

5 days ago
Enter a title40 years on, the Rainbow Warrior, the bombing and French colonial culture in the Pacifi...

Provide a desJournalist and former university professor Dr David Robie reflects on the 1985 Rainbow Warrior mission to Rongelap atoll to help US nuclear refugees and the bombing of the Greenpeace campaign ship by French secret agents. His analysis is that far from the sabotage being an isolated incident, it ...

Fabians

5 days ago
ASPI Defence Conference: Putting the ‘national’ in national preparedness and resilience

The ASPI Defence Conference in June highlighted the critical importance of national preparedness and resilience to Australia’s national security. Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral David Johnston, set the stage by emphasising a pivotal shift ...

The StrategistBy Marc Ablong

5 days ago
Qantas hack: limits to the government’s reach

A cyberattack on a Qantas call centre, revealed last week, put cyber risk back in the headlines, as did similar attacks on Medibank and Optus. But these are not one-off shocks: they represent a new ...

The StrategistBy James Corera and Jason Van der Schyff

5 days ago
Prison for One: Accepted

A very, very nice bit of writing news today. Prison for One, my 3,250-word piece of Space Opera, has earned itself an acceptance by Bullet Points (https://bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com/), a magazine specialising in speculative military fiction. To call this an exciting acceptance is to understate the case. You see, Prison for ...

A Phuulish FellowBy strda221

5 days ago
Tuesday 8 July

The Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments on whether it should uphold or overturn previous court rulings that four Uber drivers were entitled to be treated as employees of the firm, rather than as contractors. Hospital workers are pushing back against a trial to reduce the number of maternity beds ...

NZCTUBy Jack McDonald

5 days ago
Uber drivers taking a stand on behalf of all platform workers

As the Uber drivers have their case heard in the Supreme Court today, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi believes that the outcome of the case will have lasting implications for people working the in the platform economy and workers who have been misclassified as contractors. ...

NZCTUBy Jeremiah Boniface

5 days ago
Capital gaps and complacency: investment imbalance undermines sovereignty

Australia’s ability to generate breakthrough ideas has never been in doubt. But despite increasing recognition of the need for national resilience, the country still lacks a capital system built to serve strategic purpose. The failure ...

The StrategistBy Jason Van der Schyff

5 days ago
NZ economy sliding back into recession

There are clear signs from leading indicators that the economy is sliding back into recessionary territory in a third consecutive winter of economic discontent. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāBriefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, July 8:On the eve of an ...

The KakaBy Bernard Hickey

5 days ago
The great acceleration debate

This is a re-post from the Climate Brink The publication of an article titled “The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster” by the New York Times kicked off a pretty heated debate among climate scientists over the evidence of acceleration and how strong a claim can be made based ...

Skeptical Science

5 days ago
How to fill a 155 mm hole in Australian defence strategy

In Canberra, it’s called taking out the trash. Late on Friday, 27 June, the Department of Defence quietly issued a media release with news it must have hoped would get little media attention: it had ...

The StrategistBy Justin Bassi and Elizabeth Buchanan

5 days ago
Gordon Campbell On Using The Tax System To Boost Funding For The Arts

Despite the myriad concerns being expressed about the Regulatory Standards Bill – including misgivings by his own Regulations Ministry and scorn from constitutional law expert Sir Geoffrey Palmer – David Seymour has professed to find no merit in any of the objections. Sure, he’ll add in a reference to the ...

WerewolfBy lyndon

5 days ago
Horses for courses: where quantum computing is, and isn’t, the answer

Despite the impressive and undeniable strides quantum computing has made in recent years, it’s important to remain cautious about sweeping claims regarding its transformative potential. To avoid future disillusionment as the technology matures and ensure ...

The StrategistBy Stephan Robin

6 days ago
People Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Who Have Died

The web of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal network and its ties to powerful figures continues to unravel, revealing a chilling pattern of suspicious deaths, allegations of intelligence connections, and unanswered questions. From Epstein’s own mysterious death in 2019 to the unsolved murders of Barry and Honey Sherman, the apparent suicide of ...

The Jackal

6 days ago
Don’t kid yourself, Australia: a Taiwan war would spread across the Indo-Pacific

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s second visit to China—pencilled in for this month—will come weeks before the People’s Liberation Army’s 98th anniversary on 1 August 2025, a date laden with symbolism as Beijing approaches the military modernisation ...

The StrategistBy Jennifer Parker

6 days ago
A good way to say goodbye

It can feel as though I'm often saying goodbye here. Friends who have gone; and I remember when.I’m at an age where I have more years behind me than ahead, and I'm writing for many people in the same position. But it's not always or ever just goodbye, I hope. ...

More Than A FeildingBy David Slack

6 days ago

An update on Winston’s War on Woke & June wrap up

New Zealand First continues to bring balance, experience, and commonsense to Government. During the month of June, we made progress on many of our promises to New Zealand. An update on Winston's War on Woke ...

NZ First Press Release

2 days ago
Green Party won’t contest Tāmaki Makaurau by-election

After careful consideration, the Green Party will not stand a candidate in the upcoming Tāmaki Makaurau by-election. ...

Greens

2 days ago
Te Pāti Māori Announces Award-Winning Broadcaster Oriini Kaipara to Contest Tāmaki Makaurau By-El...

Te Pāti Māori have confirmed the selection of celebrated broadcaster and longtime West Auckland advocate Oriini Kaipara (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangitihi) as its candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election. Oriini’s deep whakapapa to Tāmaki Makaurau is grounded in her upbringing at Hoani Waititi Marae, where she was ...

Māori Party

3 days ago
OPED – Mark Patterson: “Do something about the bloody trees”

“Do something about the bloody trees” would be the most common refrain I hear around Clutha and when travelling about rural New Zealand. Forestry has been, and is, a legitimate land use option for farmers and forestry companies. Always has been, always will. Sensible farmers have incorporated planting out of ...

NZ First Press Release

3 days ago
OPED – Jenny Marcroft: Supporting our oyster farmers

Most of us who live in the Mahurangi region are well aware of the ongoing challenges faced by oyster farmers because of multiple significant sewage spills into Mahurangi Harbour. Watercare’s sewerage network in Warkworth is infiltrated with stormwater following rainfall, resulting in overflows into the Mahurangi River and the wider ...

NZ First Press Release

4 days ago
NZ First Introduces Bill to Protect New Zealanders’ Ability to Use Cash

New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would protect New Zealanders’ ability to use cash. The Bill will provide for the enduring use of cash as a private, accessible, and reliable method of payment. “People who rely on cash due to barriers to digital banking deserve ...

NZ First Press Release

5 days ago
New study shows speed of Antarctic ice melt, Govt fans climate flames

As the Government pulls out of global climate commitments, a significant new report shows that sea ice around Antarctica is melting at unprecedented speed. ...

Greens

6 days ago
Family Boost announcement does little to boost families

Today’s announcement on the Family Boost scheme is little more than tinkering around the edges while real issues in the ECE system are ignored, says the Green Party. ...

Greens

6 days ago
Serious Response to Serious Problems

As New Zealand has positively responded to the crack down on gang patches there has been a growing recognition of the influence of organized crime on our communities. New Zealand First continues to be focused on all aspects that undermine the safety and security in our neighbourhoods, businesses, and ...

NZ First Press Release

1 week ago
NZ First Bill: Only Official New Zealand Flag to Fly on Government Buildings

New Zealand First has today introduced a member's bill which would make it law that government buildings can only display the official flag of New Zealand. “Government buildings are for all New Zealanders and should not be hijacked to force cultural, woke, or divisive political ideology down the throats of ...

NZ First Press Release

2 weeks ago
Healthy Homes standards need more teeth

With mandatory Healthy Homes standards coming into effect for all tenancies tomorrow, the Green Party is calling for a new Rental Warrant of Fitness system to give the new standards true effect. ...

Greens

2 weeks ago
Green Party pays tribute to Takutai Tarsh Kemp

The Green Party has paid tribute to Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp who sadly passed away early this morning. ...

Greens

2 weeks ago
Government Sabotages Settlement: Te Pāti Māori Backs Te Whānau-Ā-Apanui

Te Pāti Māori stands in solidarity with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui after revelations the Government is looking to derail their almost completed Treaty settlement. Minister Goldsmith has stated that the Government will not budge on its position that the Crown is sovereign. They are seeking to remove the ‘sovereignty clause’ agreed to ...

Māori Party

3 weeks ago
Govt abandons Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

Christopher Luxon’s Government pulling out of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance is just the latest sign they care little for the climate crisis or cost of living it’ll exacerbate, says the Green Party. ...

Greens

3 weeks ago
Govt’s $200mill fossil fuel handout in breach of trade agreement

Legal advice commissioned by the Green Party shows the coalition Government’s $200 million “investment” in new gas fields is a clear breach of the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS). ...

Greens

3 weeks ago
Release: Minister should fess up on cuts

Simeon Brown needs to be honest about how much more money he expects Health New Zealand to cut from its budget to get back in the black. ...

Labour Blog

3 weeks ago
Greens call on Govt to condemn US for attack on Iran

The Green Party is calling on the Government to condemn the United States for its illegal bombing of Iran and inflaming tensions across the Middle East. ...

Greens

3 weeks ago

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ACT rally to focus on supermarkets, free speech, economy

The ACT Party is hosting its annual rally in Auckland, and unveiling a policy to help competition in the supermarket sector. ...

Radio NZ – political

3 hours ago
The House: The other MPs at Youth Parliament

Despite being a non-sitting week last week, Parliament was brimming with political intrigue and drama between MPs - just not bona fide ones. ...

Radio NZ – political

4 hours ago
NZ can’t afford to be careless with its AI strategy

Opinion: The Government’s new strategy for AI was announced last week to a justifiably flat reception. As far as national-level policy goes, the document is severely lacking. One of the main culprits is prominently displayed at the end of Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Shane Reti’s foreword: “This document ...

NewsroomBy Chris McGavin

5 hours ago
The Sunday Poem, by Anna Jackson

I brought home three young hens I named Maude, Mabel, and Goldie, and put them in the small hen-house inside the larger coop, where Wilma could talk to them through the wire without threatening them, but she showed no interest in them at all, preferring to follow me back out ...

NewsroomBy Anna Jackson

6 hours ago
Twyford praises NFIP lead, calls for inspired peace and regionalism

Asia Pacific Report An opposition Labour Party MP today paid tribute to the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement, saying it should inspire Aotearoa New Zealand to maintain its own independence, embrace a strong regionalism, and be a “voice for peace and demilitarisation”. But Phil Twyford, MP for Te ...

Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report

11 hours ago
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 12, 2025

ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 12, 2025. NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibitionAsia Pacific Report Nuclear-free and independent Pacific advocates are treating Aucklanders to a lively week-long exhibition dedicated to the struggle for nuclear justice in the region. It ...

Evening ReportBy Evening Report

21 hours ago
No need for bill protecting campus free speech, unis and legal experts say

But supporters of the Education and Training Amendment Bill say universities can't be trusted to uphold freedom of expression. ...

Radio NZ – political

22 hours ago
‘It is an interesting time’ – Tania Simpson takes over as chair of Waitangi Trust

Tania Simpson intends to hit the ground running in what will ultimately be a short term due to the trust's rules. ...

Radio NZ – political

1 day ago
The history of the world’s greatest superhero

Nearly a century ago, a man in red and blue lifted a car on the cover of Action Comics #1. It didn’t take long for that man of steel to fly off the comic page and into radio … then onto the small and big screens, books, merchandise and anything ...

NewsroomBy Connor McLay

1 day ago
The Secret Diary of .. the Royal Commission Inquiry into Covid

MONDAY Thank you everyone for coming along to this excellent use of public spending. As head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19, I shall investigate, and investigate fully, the claims of those who say the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was a crime against humanity and was ...

NewsroomBy Steve Braunias

1 day ago
Short story: Collective Tissue, by Craig Cliff

Terry Voss (born 1975) is the author of the story collection The Boring Aurora, which was shortlisted for the Sunday Supplement’s best first book award in 2001. His poems and stories have been published in many print and online journals, including Visigoths, 2B/X2B, Sundown and Herringbone. He is currently working ...

NewsroomBy Craig Cliff

1 day ago
The Weekend: I can’t stop thinking about this ad

Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was. It’s either a sign I’m scraping the bottom of the vibes barrel or a sign that I’m choosing to find joy in unexpected places but last weekend I found myself utterly captivated, impressed and moved(?!) by a billboard. To be clear, I ...

The SpinoffBy Madeleine Chapman

1 day ago
The top 20 moments from the DIVA exhibition at Auckland Museum, ranked

Bow down bitches, the true divas are in town. This week in attention economy news, JoJo Siwa is threatening to release her cover of ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ on Spotify. In the short video she’s already released, she sounds like she’s swallowed three packets of cigs and auto tuned the raspy ...

The SpinoffBy Anna Rawhiti-Connell

1 day ago
‘Even after all these years’: Siobhan Marshall on forever being called Pascalle West

As we wrap up Outrageous Week, actor Siobhan Marshall takes us through her life in television. It’s been 20 years since Outrageous Fortune first stormed onto New Zealand television screens, but Siobhan Marshall still meets a “terrifying” number of people who think she’s Pascalle West. Whether they’re from overseas viewers ...

The SpinoffBy My Life in TV

1 day ago
Have luxury cinemas gone too far?

In the age of boutique cinema experiences, Alex Casey pines for simpler times. My enduring memory of watching Alien: Romulus at the cinema is not of the creepy AI Ian Holm, nor of the hallway of facehuggers, but something much more chilling. In the opening scenes we drifted into the ...

The SpinoffBy Alex Casey

1 day ago
How to save the world with wonder

Sonya Wilson explains why wonder is at the heart of her novels Spark Hunter and The Secret Green. Last winter, about halfway up a small, damp slope in the Paradise Valley, I saw some steam rising from a lump of moss. I might’ve walked on past, brushing it off as ...

The SpinoffBy Sonya Wilson

1 day ago
NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibition

Asia Pacific Report Nuclear-free and independent Pacific advocates are treating Aucklanders to a lively week-long exhibition dedicated to the struggle for nuclear justice in the region. It will be opened today by the opposition Labour Party’s spokesperson on disarmament and MP for Te Atatu, Phil Twyford, and will include a ...

Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report

1 day ago
A new exhibition is a thoughtful examination of the lasting relationship between Asia and Australia

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne Jacky Cheng, Imaginary Homelands, 2025, installation view, The Neighbour at the Gate, National Art School Gallery, Sydney, 2025. Image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Peter Morgan ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
Hendra virus has killed a horse in Queensland. Should we be worried?

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vinod Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor (Molecular Virology), Monash University CJKPhoto/Getty The death of an unvaccinated horse from Hendra virus this week in southeast Queensland is the state’s first reported case in three years. Before that, Australia’s last case was in July ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
The ACT wants dog owners to spend 3 hours a day with their pet. But quality, not quantity, matters m...

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Photo by Anna Tarazevich/Pexels Authorities in the ACT have released draft regulations for the welfare of dogs. One inclusion getting attention is a guideline “requiring all dogs to ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
Oranga Tamariki paying nearly $2m a year to communications staff

The revelations come from an Official Information Act response to questions raised by the Taxpayers Union lobby group. ...

Radio NZ – political

2 days ago
Guests at a feast in Iran’s Zagros Mountains 11,000 years ago brought wild boars from all across t...

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Petra Vaiglova, Lecturer in Archaeological Science, Australian National University Kathryn Killackey Have you ever stopped by the grocery store on your way to a dinner party to grab a bottle of wine? Did you grab the first one you saw, or ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
Lessons For New Zealand – The Arson Attack Of Melbourne Synagogue

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Scoop politics

2 days ago
Nurses vote to go on 24-hour strike, citing safe staffing concerns

Health NZ is offering a 3 percent pay rise over two years, plus two payments of $325. ...

Radio NZ – political

2 days ago
What is cannabis use disorder? And how do you know if you have a problem?

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Dawson, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology and National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland Around 41% of Australians report they’ve used cannabis at some point in their life. Research estimates that 22% of recreational cannabis consumers ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 11, 2025

ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 11, 2025. ‘Storm clouds are gathering’: 40 years on from the bombing of the Rainbow WarriorFrom the prologue of the 40th anniversary edition of David Robie’s seminal book on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, former New ...

Evening ReportBy Evening Report

2 days ago
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 11

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern (Penguin Random House, $60) Still going strong. 2 ...

The SpinoffBy The Spinoff Review of Books

2 days ago
The Friday Poem: ‘Concrete’ by Jonny Mahon-Heap

A new poem by Jonny Mahon-Heap. Concrete I waited for the pain to shift. I had bad day bad day bad day bad day bad day bad day good day good day bad day bad day bad day bad day. I had birthdays. I held my breath for a long ...

The SpinoffBy Jonny Mahon-Heap

2 days ago
PSNA Condemns The NZ Govt’s Silence Over US Sanctions Against United Nations Special Rapporteu...

Albanese released a damning report identifying companies complicit in Israel’s mass killing and mass starvation of civilians in Gaza, provoking the US to sanction her. ...

Scoop politics

2 days ago
NZ Jewish Council And Holocaust Centre Of NZ Urge Govt Action Following Australia’s Landmark Antis...

Australia’s plan, announced by Prime Minister Albanese, Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke, and Special Envoy on Antisemitism Jillian Segal, introduces strong, decisive measures aimed at tackling anti-Jewish hate across multiple sectors of society. ...

Scoop politics

2 days ago
Dawn service held 40 years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing

TVNZ 1News The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has sailed into Auckland to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior in 1985. Greenpeace’s vessel, which had been protesting nuclear testing in the Pacific, sank after French government agents planted explosives on its hull, killing Portuguese-Dutch photographer ...

Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report

2 days ago
What is the Strait of Hormuz and why is it so important for global shipping?

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Clarence, Law Lecturer, RMIT University During the recent conflict between Iran and Israel, Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s major shipping routes. Would that be possible, and what effects would it have? The Strait of ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
Twenty years on, Outrageous Fortune remains as relevant as ever

Tara Ward reflects on an Outrageous week on The Spinoff. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. On 12 July, 2005, Outrageous Fortune burst onto our screens and transformed the landscape of New Zealand television. Created by Rachel Lang and James Griffin, the ...

The SpinoffBy Tara Ward

2 days ago
Reviewers of legislation Treaty clauses expected to report back in months

The creation of the group has been led by Justice and Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith. ...

Radio NZ – political

2 days ago
We shouldn’t have to fight this hard to prove our mana in Tāmaki

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei deputy chair Ngarimu Blair reflects on a hard-fought Environment Court battle, and what the ruling on Westhaven Marina really means for tangata whenua. While there was major gratitude for the success of my iwi in the recent decision from the Environment Court regarding the Westhaven Marina, it ...

The SpinoffBy Ngarimu Blair

2 days ago
Rugby headgear can’t prevent concussion – but new materials could soften the blows over a career

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Draper, Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Canterbury The widely held view among rugby players, coaches and officials is that headgear can’t prevent concussion. If so, why wear it? It’s hot, it can block vision and hearing, and it ...

Evening ReportBy The Conversation

2 days ago
Mental Health Worker Numbers Don’t Tell Full Story Of Service Under Stress And Strain

The Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey today said Health NZ payroll data showed total full-time staff employed in mental health growing by more than 9 per cent year on year between Quarter 3 in 2023 and Quarter 1 2025. ...

Scoop politics

2 days ago
How do you follow up a Wellington icon like KC Cafe?

For owner and chef Michael Chan, the answer is Hei – the restaurant he always dreamed of opening. One of the many problems with modern TV cooking shows is the obsession with “elevating” food from non-Western cultures. You’ll recognise the kind of moment I mean: a contestant on Masterchef, My ...

The SpinoffBy Nick Iles

2 days ago
Tāmaki Makaurau by-election throws up curious quirk of MMP

Analysis: Te Pāti Māori has two overhang seats. The Independent Electoral Review recommended abolishing overhang seats. The post Tāmaki Makaurau by-election throws up curious quirk of MMP appeared first on Newsroom. ...

NewsroomBy Jonathan Milne

2 days ago
Watch live: Focus turns to vaccines and mandates at Covid-19 Royal Commission

The hearings will include testimonies from mandated industries, nursing and midwifery sectors and researchers. ...

Radio NZ – political

2 days ago

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