Wellington mayor Andrew Little has given a personal pledge to bring down the city’s commercial rates differential but doesn’t yet know if he has the council backing he will need. Shouldn't be hard.

Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel is suggesting her party will work with Te Pāti Māori “when they sort their issues out”. It follows Labour’s Māori caucus co-chairman Willie Jackson telling a Waitangi ...

The Australian Liberal Party has just rolled leader Sussan Ley, and replaced her with Angus Taylor. Ley was in the moderate faction and Taylor in the National Right or conservative faction. The ...

With a fiery show outside Parliament, politicians heard how “discriminatory” immigration rules mean Pacific Islanders are being blocked from attending funerals, graduations, and other important events ...

The Government’s flagship regional development body has more than half of its loan book flagged as at risk after recording a surge in impairment write-offs over the past year. Crown Regional Holdings ...

February 12, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 12 February 2026 ...

It is a New Zealand first. A District Court judge is having her conduct examined by a Judicial Conduct Panel after she allegedly shouted “he’s lying” as Winston Peters was making a speech at ...

The appeal by Brendon Tarrant is a desperate bid for attention, rather than a serious judicial process. Tarrant is obviously unhappy that he has faded from public consciousness, so this is a way to ...

The NZ Energy blog has excellent analysis of this decision. They write: To readers of this Substack this will come of no surprise and was expected. It’s not a good solution for New Zealanders but it ...