In March 2020, a group of influential virologists published a paper in the journal Nature Medicine arguing that an animal spillover event probably caused the pandemic. The article, known as ‘The ...

The Green Party is accusing Treasury of politicisation after the department suggested a more conservative reading of its own wealth tax analysis than what the Greens had used to model their ...

By Lucy Rogers I have previously criticised the anti-Israel movement for being intellectually dishonest, and provided examples: At the time I did not cover why people are intellectually dishonest ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins wasn’t happy when new ACT Party candidate Paul Henry said he’d need to “shoot” Hipkins, during a game of “shoot, shag, marry”. His other options were Prime Minister ...

As many readers will know 78 year-old Ann Widdecombe was (allegedly) murdered by a 28 year old. The murder is extremely disturbing, but so has been the Police statements on it. The allowed her ...

The other reason that National has reason to be disgusted at New Zealand First this week is because it is reinventing history in terms of its role in the ban on new oil and gas exploration in 2018.

A Labour MP is accusing Act’s Paul Henry of making a “death threat” against leader Chris Hipkins in a radio game, but the former broadcaster says there was no “violent rhetoric” and it was “plainly ...

Stuart Nash has confirmed he has resigned as a New Zealand First candidate, after backlash over his comments had become “a significant distraction”. It comes after Nash accused National’s Napier MP ...

This is the latest data. Regular attendance dropped 16 percentage points or 25% from 2017 to 2023. A disaster. Since 2023 it has increased 17 percentage points or 37%. In real terms there are 157,000 ...

“History in its making” – readers will have noticed how “give or take possibly 5000 people being potentially protected” within a short sentence or two, became “those 5000 people, who don’t know who ...