New Zealand Oil Explorers Rush to Secure Offshore Permits Before Election
Small oil and gas companies are vying to secure exploration permits offshore New Zealand in the coming months…
Election 2026: Green Party unveils $980m plan for new public energy company Kiwipower
“That means warmer Kiwi homes, community-owned power, solar on rooftops and a new generation company, designed to solve…
Election 2026: Labour claims National abandoned bipartisan sexual consent reform to campaign on it
“Rather, the Crimes Act provides a non-exhaustive list of what consent is not.” The party would change the…
Shane Jones warns of ‘demographic engineering’ as NZ First opens convention
NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones giving a speech at the opening of the party’s convention in Auckland.…
Election 2026: Te Kira Lawrence named New Zealand First candidate for East Cape
Lawrence was elected to Napier City Council last year – after a first unsuccessful run in 2022 –…
50 years on from dancing Cossacks ad, the pension debate is rife with silliness – Wayne Brown
Clearly, I favour a gradual raising of the pension age. I have in the past rubbished Labour for…
Napier councillor running for NZ First at general election – in a different region
The chances of her beating incumbent National MP Dana Kirkpatrick or Labour candidate Jo Luxton are low, meaning…
Poll of polls: Coalition slump continues, but Labour’s path to power lies with Opportunity
The disruptor is Opportunity. The model reckons there is a 39% chance of Opportunity crossing the 5% threshold…
Election 2026: Green Party releases drinking water, oceans and rivers policy
Davidson said it was “madness” that up to 100,000 people a year were getting sick from unsafe drinking…
Election 2026: Winston Peters announces citizens-only voting policy
“Voting in our country should be a privilege of those who have sworn allegiance to New Zealand and…
Election 2026: National pledges new trade deals with seven economies if re-elected
“New Zealand is a trading nation. We create jobs and lift incomes by supporting great Kiwi companies to…
Superannuation debate: How means-testing could save billions – Nadine Higgins
Instead, almost 10 years later, we’re debating superannuation again. But now it costs almost a billion dollars a…