Green MP Tamatha Paul is giving shoplifting the green light as she opposes the Government’s plan to strengthen penalties, National Party Spokesperson for Justice Paul Goldsmith says. “The Greens are ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced that former acting Reserve Bank Governor Grant Spencer has been appointed to the central bank’s board. Spencer retired from the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) in 2018 ...

My strong preference was for Charter Schools but that is water under the bridge - so - as John Wayne said ... "A man has gotta do what a man has gotta do".It has been a MASSIVE amount of work but we a ...

A Richmond resident has been blindsided by a $1400 fee to keep three dogs on his property. Owen Haring went to register his dogs before the 31 July deadline but was "really shocked" to find out that T ...

Wow. Hipkins asked on radio why we don’t hear about ram raids any more and if they’ve stopped happening: Direct quote - “Nah it’s cause your Tory owners at NZME have just decided not to put it on the ...

Paul Goldsmith announced new measures to deter and punish shoplifting. The new regime is: Shoplifting up to $500 (say a few items at Pak & Save) - infringement fine of up to $500 Shoplifting over $500 ...

I’ve been thinking about that old, and admittedly not very good, joke recently after being asked to speak with Radio New Zealand about the US strike on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. I agreed ...

The Government Statistician must agree with key users, population experts and statisticians on a process for Identifying the full range of due diligence critical for the proposed census change. My own ...

Councils declaring a climate emergency have collectively spent more than $1.26 million on international flights — racking up 777 trips, many to Europe and Asia. Auckland Council leads the pack, ...

Paul Goldsmith announced new penalties for coward punches that injure or kill. The maximums are: Eight years imprisonment when the offender intended to cause injury and caused grievous bodily harm 15 ...

The Herald reports: Serial Auckland sex offender Luca Fairgray‘s latest sentence was “manifestly excessive”, his lawyer has argued in the Court of Appeal this morning. Fairgray, 22, was found guilty ...

The Herald reports: The Deputy Prime Minister is rubbishing claims that social media posts he has made about opponents of the Regulatory Standards Bill are a breach of the Cabinet Manual. In recent ...