I found this very interesting. It is no surprise perhaps that Justices have backed emergency requests from the Government of the President whose party appointed them. The range is from 96% (Alito, ...

LGNZ president Sam Broughton told Morning Report part of the reason for low turnout was voters having to deal with postal voting in the digital age, or not having access to polling places and not ...

Brewdog has sold an £8.8 million Scottish forest it acquired just five years ago as part of its Net Zero drive after mounting losses forced it to cut spending. ... The site, a former grouse moor known ...

María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize. Here's a few things about her. She is an industrial engineer with a master's in finance She started a foundation to care for orphaned and delinquent str ...

Ben McNulty puts securing his record-breaking number of votes and big margin over his rivals down to communication. It appears he has secured the highest single number of votes for a ward councillor ...

I am well and truly documented as being no fan at all of the teacher unions (PPTA/NZEI). The nature of the collective contract – that assumes all teachers are of the same quality and prevents schools ...

The clash between the Broadcasting Standards Authority and The Platform has exposed a troubling reality in New Zealand’s system of government: ministers can now routinely hide behind the mantra of ...

A union for primary principals has been able to secure a pay rise, because – according to them – it has not threatened strike action. The Primary Principals Collective Bargaining Union has accepted a ...

The coronial inquest into the Whakaari/White Island disaster has begun to look into how emergency services responded to the 2019 eruption and whether decisions impacted the chances of survival for ...

The fact that public sector employees are paid an average of $2,003 a week compared to $1,592 a week for private sector employees whose taxes fund the public sector An offer to primary teachers that ...

It has been interesting to read the various reasons put forward as to why Tory Whanau failed to get elected to the Maori Ward. I can't recall the equivalent of a incumbent Mayor who has been elected ...