Ministers Shane Jones and Chris Bishop continued to make decisions about several fast-track projects despite their respective parties receiving donations linked to the applicants. One political ...

New Zealand starting to feel the pointy end of the climate crisis By: weka - 10:26 am, July 14th, 2025 - 57 comments Categories: climate change, disaster - Tags: floods, just transition, Nelson, ...

Hey federated fatteners..!.. ..are you even aware that the recent cancer revelations about bacon/processed meats …is your American surgeon-general ciggy-cancer moment..? IMHO . (Explanation for ...

A few hours ago, it was shared with me 1 that Paul Goldsmith’s voting electoral reform affects ~560,000 voters 2 Here are the details 3: Election day registration: 110,000 Voting period registration: ...

Judith Collins has issued a Bill of Rights report which concludes that National's proposed changes to the enrollment electoral laws breach the Bill of Rights Act.

The line that all the things NACTFirst embrace are "imported culture wars" is a cop-out. eg Labour & the GP imported the current transgenderist lines ( from US: self ID, pronoun enforcement, ...

Gerrymander alert – Government running scared By: Mike Smith - 3:49 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 9 comments Categories: Abuse of power, campaigning, democracy under attack, democratic participation, Dirty ...

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike … ...

If we are to renew the purpose of democracy after this current bunch of old people have had a crack at shrinking it, we need to turn this into something prospective voters can actually hope for: they ...

In the murky world of local politics, few things reek as badly as Wellington mayoral candidate Ray Chung’s despicable conduct. His smearing email, circulated to fellow councillors in early 2023, ...

Let me be clear – National really, really, really wants Labour to release their policies. My take: We should keep our powder dry, no mater the desire for instant gratification right now. The objective ...

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other ...