The backlash generated by ACT, National, NZ First, Hobson’s Pledge and other right-wing bad faith actors towards Solicitor-General Una Jagose’s prosecution guidelines, has been nothing short of a race ...

The Māori Development Minister has cautioned the group tasked with deciding the future of Ihumātao – which has so far cost the Crown $500,000 – that they could be shown the door, if they fail to find ...

On a quiet Friday afternoon in August, justice minister Paul Goldsmith announced the appointment of three leadership roles at the Human Rights Commission: Stephen Rainbow as chief human rights ...

In 2003 I founded Mt Hobson Middle School and led it for 18 years. Emily Martin is a wonderful young person and so superbly supported by her family. The reasons she gives (from 27mins on) for Mt ...

Not a huge amount of change in the last three days, except five of the six forecasts now have Trump winning Pennsylvania, and hence the White House. Almost 32 million Americans have already early ...

Waikato public hospital has told nurses not to speak to patients in any language other than English. A memo sent to all nursing staff last Friday, obtained by RNZ, said concerns had been raised about ...

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Using ...

In 1992 the Canberra Times asked 300 political and history academics to nominate the five greatest Australian PMs. The results of that survey tells us much more about the academics than the PMs. Their ...

NZ Initiative Chair Roger Partridge has written an excellent report, called Who Makes the Law? It deals with how the Supreme Court has gone from interpreting law to making law, and how we can change ...

The Government is listening to New Zealanders and Cabinet has agreed to recommend modifications to the Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee ...

E tū union spokesperson Michael Wood, himself a former transport minister, told Nine to Noon on Tuesday privatisation would undermine safety. "Having appropriate aviation security is one of the most ...

While it is very close, the poll based projections are that Kamala Harris is more likely than not to lose to Donald Trump. She is now attacking him on the grounds he is unfit for office. While I agree ...