Wellington Combined Taxis Ltd has gone into voluntary administration. Sad news. They were the taxi company I always used, before Uber came along. Sadly they failed to keep up with technology. If they ...

University of Auckland Senate rightly rejects flawed academic freedom policy after lengthy four-year development process After more than four years of development, academic staff at the University of ...

As a significant longtime supporter of New Zealand’s news industry, we are deeply concerned about the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill. This Bill proposes a "link tax" that would require Google to ...

No states have flipped in the last two days but Arizona and North Carolina have trended a bit more towards Trump and Pennsylvania towards Harris. This marginally helps Harris in my view as ...

Wellington’s Bordeaux Bakery is closing all three of its stores, with the owner blaming council road changes outside its Thorndon Quay business for a significant reduction in revenue. The bakery and ...

I've published at Patreon the results of an exclusive poll on how people would vote in a referendum on a four year term vs three year term. These exclusive poll results are put on my Patreon because ...

I was surprised to receive the below email today regarding new prosecution guidelines which will apply to the Police Prosecution Service and Crown Solicitors from 1 January 2025. The press release for ...

From the New Zealand Herald focused on the growth of Auckland schools and some that are bursting at the seams (i.e. these are not my numbers). Mt Albert Grammar Principal Patrick Drumm is thankful for ...

A self-described Nazi on Tuesday became the first person convicted in the Australian state of Victoria of performing an outlawed Nazi salute. Jacob Hersant, 25, gave the salute and praised Nazi leader ...

A plan to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools has failed to curb childhood obesity, with rates instead rising. In 2014 Medway Council put rules in place which limited ...

The table above shows the polling averages from the six leading forecast sites in the US. It is as close as you can get. Three have Trump winning, and three have Harris winning. The most common ...

Readers will know I am a supporter of the End of Life Choice Act. In fact I was an active campaigner for it. I think it has provided much needed choice to many New Zealanders who were terminally ill.