The arguments from the TEU and the Greens are intellectually weak, as they only want “free” speech on campus for ideas which they’ve pre-approved, as if they were the academic arbiters, if not the ...

Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds and Associate Minister of Education David Seymour today announced legislation changes to strengthen freedom of speech obligations on universities.

At least 15 people have died in the attack on New Orleans' famed French Quarter, according to a statement from the New Orleans coroner. A driver wrought carnage on early on New Year's Day as he steere ...

Let's Identify New Zealand.In an attempt to heal (for some, the wound is too deep) the current division in the country.The government could ditch the Principles bill and replace it with a referendum ...

Te Pati Maori have written to organisations saying that if they are part of a Labour-led Government, they will pass retrospective legislation to punish organisations for actions that were entirely ...

Former minister and Te Pāti Māori founder Dame Tariana Turia has died after suffering a stroke, aged 80. “The whānau of the Honourable Dr Dame Tariana Turia advise, with deep sadness, the passing of ...

We attempted to book the Sunday Star Times, The Post, the Christchurch Press, and The Southland Times. It would have been a tidy sum of money for the financially beleaguered media outlet... Our ad was ...

To be Dames Companion of the said Order: Mrs Julie Clare Chapman, of Auckland. For services to children and the community. Mrs Nea Ingrid Collins, MNZM, of Gisborne. For services to Māori, business ...

You might think the decision to cancel the so-called mega ferries for New Zealand’s Cook Strait was a mistake. Reasonable people can disagree on whether the new government’s pivot to smaller, more ...

I’ve been charting the NASA Land-Ocean Temperature Index data for many years, as charts can get across trends very clearly. I’ve updated the data to include 2024. It is reasonable to debate what is ...

A police officer has died after a car “being used as a weapon” hit her and a colleague, in a New Year’s Eve incident in Nelson. After hitting the two officers, the vehicle allegedly returned and ...

It is worth noting that smoking and vaping is banned for under 18 year olds, yet we used to have 68% of 14 year olds who had tried smoking. The legal status has not changed since 1999, but policies, ...