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The proposed changes to our national qualifications system: A semi-vacuum at Year 11. 4 out of 5 subjects to “pass” Year 12. 4 out of 5 subjects to pass Year 13. No clear guidance on University ...
The Green Party is demanding Māori names be reinstated to electorates in the capital. It has launched a petition after the Rongotai electorate became Wellington Bays in boundary changes announced last ...
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The Covid cowards

Ardern, Hipkins, Robertson and Verrall should be known in future as the Covid cowards. They made decisions that had devastating effects on the lives of many New Zealanders and they are refusing to ...
Days before the United States-led invasion of Iraq, five protesters broke into a British military base, intent on disabling aircraft that were set to be deployed in bombing missions. It was March 2003 ...
NZ’s top security officials were all set to renew the terrorist designation of America’s “violently extreme right-wing populist” group the Proud Boys. But the chair changed his mind at the last minute ...
I look at the four criteria under international law you need to recognise a state, and I wonder how the Government can or will answer questions about the criteria when it recognises Palestine.
The former Ministers spent $60 billion of taxpayers's money and imposed massive restrictions on New Zealander's rights as part of the Covid-19 response. They are now refusing to answer questions on ...
A contender for Auckland's mayoralty is promising to release a key policy this week after an embarrassing campaign blunder over the weekend. On Friday, a press release sent out by Kerrin Leoni's ...
There has been some poor reporting on the eviction of Chloe Swarbrick from the House. She was not kicked out for saying that Government MPs had no spine. She was kicked out because the Speaker told ...
The extra prisons would be worth it in that ,as most crimes seem to be committed by recidivists, putting them in jail reduces the workload on police and the courts and gives the public confidence to ...
A new Treasury paper has criticised the last Government for overspending during the pandemic, leaving the country with a high level of public debt that makes it vulnerable to future shocks. The paper ...
The Labour Party has formally selected sitting MP Peeni Henare as its candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau byelection. This means, if he wins, Georgie Dansey of Hamilton East would become a List MP.