Four poems on the 2009 tsunami that cost 150 lives in Samoa The post The Sunday Poems, by Nafanua Purcell Kersel appeared first on Newsroom.read more ...

The waka of New Zealand First Party is misguided information, sunshine. It is majestic ship called HMS New Zealand that was built long ago and ruling the waves when you and I still had our snotty ...

During my life I have witnessed a number of Finance Ministers. I have no recollection of who did what in the 1960s, essentially because I was a kid. The 1970s were dominated by Rob Muldoon, a drunken ...

This is a desperately difficult issue. India is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases. Per head of population the number is not huge. But Mumbai, where a significant number of returning kiwis ...

Exactly 10 years ago, the then minister for defence, Kevin Andrews, released the First Principles Review: Creating One Defence (FPR). With increasing talk about the rising possibility of major ...

Now I sure don’t like him, but the U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump makes more things possible in the Middle East than the Biden administration. For the sake of this proposal let’s make a whole group ...

Northland sent another SOS signal this week. Last week Northland had a power pylon simply fall down on a still day. 100,000 properties lost power. Quickly restored, it underscored how vulnerable the ...

The past fortnight has seen a number of breaking stories each of which raises concerns about the motivations and goals of this Government. It makes you wonder whether the pursuit of self interest is ...

Fonterra is a complete construct of the New Zealand state, but it is pulling our entire country down. Fonterra dominates our dairy industry, which accounts for around 3.1% of our entire GDP. It is ...

Listen to the detransitioners.A 4 minute video where a young lesbian woman talks about what puberty blockers and testosterone did to her body and sexuality as a teen. Essential viewing for anyone with ...

This is politics as it should and could be: human, honest while retaining boundaries, insightful without the need for politicking.

Liz Truss's short reign as UK Prime Minister foundered after her budget requiring borrowing to fund tax cuts was released. The budget tanked the UK economy and caused Truss's resignation. This week ...