In my seven years as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, we brought 130 cases of political corruption. Though I have been a lifelong Republican, corruption has no party—the ...

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger has asked Council staff to reconsider their decision not to support an official 175th Canterbury anniversary celebration. The move follows a public backlash over the ...

The recent events in the Tasman Sea and around Ukraine have me asking in my Patreon (paywalled) whether it is time for NZ to panic. It isn't, but we should be very very concerned.

I'm in Methven for the annual Bluegreens Forum. I've wanted to attend previous ones, but have not had the time. I'm really looking forward to this one for a number of reasons, as someone who has a ...

A recent study published in The Lancet (Goodyear et al., 2025) has generated newsheadlines suggesting that restricting phone use in schools has no effect on the wellbeing or academic performance of ...

I had the privilege of watching NZ 15 year old Sam Ruthe run the fastest 1500m for someone his age in the history of athletics. Not only did he run faster than Snell, Walker, Dixon, Coe, Ovett, El ...

Bravo to Joann Ransom, the Head of Libraries at Hutt Council. As you can see above she fought against the decision of the Hutt Council to remove an insert from Hutt News they didn't like (the insert ...

Daman Kumar – the 18-year-old threatened with deportation to India despite living in New Zealand all his life – has been offered residency. Green Party immigration spokesman Ricardo Menéndez March ...

It was with slight reservations that in November 2023 I laid a complaint to the Independent Police Conduct Authority about the police wrongfully arresting me. Literally everyone seemed to distrust the ...

As of yesterday only 77 of 96 eligible MPs have a proposed members' bill in the ballot. The percentage submitted for each party is: Greens 100% (15/15) ACT 100% (6/6) NZ First 80% (4/5) National 77% ( ...

WCC leadership often claims the 20% rates increase was unavoidable and all because of infrastructure needs. Well here they are handing out $300,000 to businesses so private businesses can pay their ...

The Independent Police Complaints Authority has an excellent report on the policing of public protests in New Zealand. It recommends some thoughtful legislative changes to strengthen the right to ...