NNew Zealand Read More Election 2026 Campaign Diary: How the Mongrel Mob photo furore damages the leftOctober 15, 2026 It is the oxygen it uses up on the story, instead of promoting other policies. It is Green…
EEconomy Read More Cashed out: Use of paper money continues to decline – Inside EconomicsOctober 13, 2026 What I am getting at is: is GDP really increasing or is the cash GDP market declining? Mark…
NNew Zealand Read More Election 2026 Campaign Diary: Green Party leaders draw high-level endorsementOctober 13, 2026 “I think ‘social innovation’ is the key to our future. Not protection of the vested interests of the…
EEconomy Read More Do foreign asset sales make us richer or poorer? – Inside EconomicsOctober 6, 2026 My question is: does this benefit New Zealand’s overseas exchange? First, I would like some clarification on what…
EEntertainment Read More Pask Winery to open new brasserieOctober 6, 2026 “The philosophy for Eleven Thirty Three is simple: great wine deserves great food, and that’s what we will…
BBusiness Read More Inside Economics: ‘An aspirational quality’ – can we trust Treasury forecasts? … plus, oil shock round twoSeptember 29, 2026 Of course, the “better than expected” numbers were expected. They shouldn’t come as a surprise to regular readers…
CCelebrities Read More Barbara Palvin and Dylan Sprouse welcome their first childSeptember 29, 2026 Speaking on Sprouse’s new Wildmen podcast, the 32-year-old model said: “That scar came back where I was like,…
NNew Zealand Read More Philippines girl group BINI embraces Māori welcome on first NZ visitSeptember 28, 2026 The welcome was organised by Team Bloom New Zealand, BINI’s official local fanbase. “What started as an idea…
NNew Zealand Read More Wellington students react to Labour’s pledge to cut loans by 10% if electedSeptember 28, 2026 “No one should have to move overseas to build a future,” he told attendees at Labour’s official election…
AArtificial intelligence Read More China’s Xi and Trump have different views on controlling AI during US visitSeptember 25, 2026 But while billionaire Trump has repeatedly dismissed fears that AI could pose a threat to humanity, Xi took…
BBusiness Read More Inside Economics: If the economy still sucks, why is the RBNZ hiking rates?September 22, 2026 My understanding is that interest rate increases are designed to slow the economy and thereby slow inflation increases.…
NNew Zealand Read More Visitor levy sharing is a good start but more needed – EditorialSeptember 15, 2026 The country as a whole benefits greatly from that, but it doesn’t come without a bill. And that…