Jacinda entered politics to end child poverty. One thing she did (which was good) was to ensure we have annual data to monitor it. There are nine different measures of child poverty. Six of them don't ...

I analyse the German election results, where AFD got its support from, and predict that they will be the largest party in the Bundestag after the next election.

The reaction to my last Kiwiblog post on the IPCA seems to have been generally positive, which is nice. There were a couple of recurring themes in the comments, however, which need clarification. The ...

I, like many, focused on the report by the Public Service Commissioner Inquiry when it was released. I've only now had time to go through the seperate report to Stats NZ into the misuse of census data ...

I never thought I would see the day where the US is voting with Russia, North Korea, Iran etc against all its traditional allies. It really is shameful. Thank God in WWII, FDR was President.

Andrew Bayly will stand down as a Government minister after an “animated discussion” with a staffer, during which he “placed a hand on their upper arm, which was inappropriate”. Prime Minister Christo ...

This image from The Facts is very powerful. It shows how much of an outlier the result at Manurewa Marae was. Now maybe it is just a coincidence, and that everyone who voted there would have voted the ...

Labour’s finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds has floated the idea of setting an expectation that the large gentailers reinvest dividends into new generation in a bid to ensure enough new electricity ...

An Adelaide mother who stormed a private school and threatened to “slit” the throat of a student who allegedly bullied her daughter has been forced to face court. On February 3 the 31-year-old mother ...

Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon needs to step in after NZ First leader Winston Peters made allegedly “xenophobic” comments about him. Act leader David Seymour has ...

I posted re the need to significantly improve education for Maori young people: Citing one problem situation does not exclude others so I promised to do a brief look at some education stats from the ...

Wayne Brown says he’s standing for Auckland mayor again to continue the “real progress” he’s made over the past three years. This isn't based on any polling, but I think Wayne Brown is well placed to ...