Forsyth Barr did a survey of businesses, and had around 1,500 responses. Someone sent me a link to the summary. Some interesting aspects: 51% say economy heading in the right direction and 19% wrong 5 ...

Labour’s leader Chris Hipkins has committed to reviving the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, which has been left languishing on Parliament’s order paper since 2024, and said the party will campaign ...

A must read Facebook post from a small business owner, whose business Chloe wants to confiscate off her. Aroha Tahau writes: Dear Chlöe, I have been up since 4am this morning. It is raining. I am 16 ...

A new paper examining the future of New Zealand Superannuation has found that, if left unchanged, the scheme could consume more than 30% of the Government’s tax revenue every year by 2065 and will be ...

Attorney-General Chris Bishop spoke to the Law Association on August 6. Solicitor-General Anna Adams, KC, spoke to the Legal Research Foundation last Thursday. Both answered emphatically: making the ...

Richard Prebble asked ChatGPT to score the last two Governments on how they had performed in key areas. The summary is: Cost of Living: Labour-led: 10/30, National:led: 19/30 Health: Labour-led: 10/20 ...

I wasn’t going to blog again on the Hager book as it was already clear he had so many things absolutely wrong. But three more things today are too noteworthy to pass by. I do wonder where Hager gets ...

The political right are not allowed to have lobby groups and think tanks apparently. In the twisted minds of the Leftists, any group right of centre is ‘evil’ purely because it exists, while their own ...

Nicky's Hager's last book had an enquiry led by a former Supreme Court Judge, and a former Attorney General and Prime Minister. They concluded that the “principal allegations” in Hager’s book “are not ...

Anti-Israel protesters in Auckland are deliberately taking part in a global day of protest against Israel on Saturday October 10 2026, which is the anniversary weekend of Hamas committing genocide on ...