Much of the commentary has focused on how small this Budget is – its $1.3 billion allowance of “new” operating money being the smallest in decades. While correct, that misses the fact that the package ...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with ...

I married, for the second time, and my new wife came from Brazil 16 years ago. When we visited her country and family, last year, we talked a lot about corruption there (the series The Mechanism is an ...

John Bowie has a great tribute to Bob Jones, that fans would enjoy reading. One extract: He could be irascible, infuriating, and absolutely impossible to pigeonhole. One minute he’d be railing against ...

The Government has binned a tax worth an estimated $100 million each year after threats of retaliation from US President Donald Trump and claims about “overseas extortion” through these types of ...

How much is spent in support of parents as the first and most important teacher of their child(ren)? … As opposed to bureaucracy/system for the sake of it because it has always been there. What ...

This poll would see Prime Minister Farage with a majority government. The seat projection on it is: Reform 346 (+341) Labour 145 (-267) Lib Dems 73 (+1) SNP 39 (+30) Conservatives 17 (-104) The cross- ...

Roger Bridge, a much loved, and long-serving member of the National Party and former chair of its Canterbury West Coast region, has died. Bridge was widely respected within party circles for his ...

Peters strongly rejected Hipkins’ assertion that he held a record for being the worst behaved or most suspended MP. “Chris Hipkins says a lot of things. But he is a sausage eater who doesn’t know what ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered New Zealand’s 2025 Budget on Thursday in a vivid blue pencil dress. The distinctive outfit is believed to be the Nouvelle Sculpt Stretch Crepe Dress, from ...