Bravo to Joann Ransom, the Head of Libraries at Hutt Council. As you can see above she fought against the decision of the Hutt Council to remove an insert from Hutt News they didn't like (the insert ...

Daman Kumar – the 18-year-old threatened with deportation to India despite living in New Zealand all his life – has been offered residency. Green Party immigration spokesman Ricardo Menéndez March ...

It was with slight reservations that in November 2023 I laid a complaint to the Independent Police Conduct Authority about the police wrongfully arresting me. Literally everyone seemed to distrust the ...

WCC leadership often claims the 20% rates increase was unavoidable and all because of infrastructure needs. Well here they are handing out $300,000 to businesses so private businesses can pay their ...

As of yesterday only 77 of 96 eligible MPs have a proposed members' bill in the ballot. The percentage submitted for each party is: Greens 100% (15/15) ACT 100% (6/6) NZ First 80% (4/5) National 77% ( ...

The Independent Police Complaints Authority has an excellent report on the policing of public protests in New Zealand. It recommends some thoughtful legislative changes to strengthen the right to ...

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that The Arts Foundation Te Tumo Toi has received $1,180,300 of funding from Creative NZ since 2021/22. This ...

The Public Service Commission has released its report around alleged misuse of information by three entities and the findings are damning. Two major outcomes are: The Government Statistician has ...

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has five draft proposals for media reform. A couple are okay and a couple are terrible. My initial take on them. Ensuring accessibility of local media platforms Th ...

WCC does an annual survey of residents. In previous years they put the full results on their website but this year only did a summary which highlighted the positive. Someone requested the full report ...

If you don't like drag queen story times, there are many things you can legally do. These include: Don't have your kids attend Complain to the Police if you genuinely think the performance is illegal ...

A guest post by Sir Roger Douglas: Michael Littlewood’s ‘Guest Post’ for David Farrar on pensions, and his belief that our social welfare system is fit for purpose and doesn’t need change, reminded me ...