Audrey Young interviews Vanushi Walters – the MP who wants to be our next Foreign Minister
“In many ways, it looks like New Zealand is starting to behave like an acolyte. We’re being inconsistent.…
Nicola Willis and David Seymour attack ‘alarming’ Barbara Edmonds Reserve Bank remarks
The attack referred to Edmonds’ remarks, which suggested returning the Reserve Bank to a dual mandate, which tasked…
Thomas Coughlan: The art of the U-turn – National’s big transport dilemma, and Labour’s pay equity conundrum
Bishop was clearly too integral to these projects to be dismissed, and so he stayed, earning gongs from…
$1b LNG terminal is the cost of Labour’s gas ban – Roger Partridge
All of which rather misses the point. The LNG terminal is not the Government’s preferred energy policy. It…
Labour’s policy vacuum risks giving Green Party the agenda – Richard Prebble
It confirms Labour’s drift from being a policy-driven movement into a machine designed simply to win office. As…
NZ First plans to gut ‘woke’ Labour’s vote – Matthew Hooton
Most importantly, the party has succeeded in steadily improving its polling each quarter through 2025, reaching an average…
‘Mana motuhake Māori – Māori sovereignty’: Labour sets out ambitious pitch to win back Māori seats
Tangaere-Manuel’s ambitious speech talked up Labour’s record on Māori issues – a direct challenge to Te Pāti Māori,…
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell hits back at Labour’s homeless strategy criticism
A 2022 report estimated the city – New Zealand’s birthplace of international tourism – lost $17 million in…
Capital gains tax poll reveals option with most support: How it differs from Labour policy
Labour says “every dollar raised” from the policy, which applies from July 2027, would go to the country’s…
High-profile ED doctor Gary Payinda is Labour’s Whangārei candidate
Payinda was originally from the US but immigrated to New Zealand with his wife nearly 20 years ago,…
Explainer: You own one home and you’re currently living in it, how Labour’s CGT could still apply
In reality, it’s not quite so simple and some people who only own one home will have to…
Listen to The Country online: David Seymour on Labour’s capital gains tax
Emlyn Francis: North Canterbury dairy farmer updates on the horrific damage in the Culverden district from the recent…