Jones has died aged 85. Bob was one of my favourite authors growing up, and I was fortunate enough to get to know him quite well in recent times. His larrikin sense of humour will be sadly missed - we ...

The metal gates are padlocked now at the Parichaya Samaj centre that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and supports the queer community in Nepal. A sign at the entry says they are unable to help anymore.

Act leader David Seymour is taking aim at the size of government, calling for a limit to the number of Cabinet members, scrapping or merging Government departments and abolishing ministerial ...

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry and his wife Laura are in a bitter property dispute with her mother. Suppression orders originally made at the Barrys’ request ended on Tuesday after they abandoned an ...

Whanau’s exit has come with plenty of speculation about the possibility of a deal, so that she and Little might work together and advance Labour/Green interests. But Little has no such plans, and he ...

Audrey Young does her usual ratings for the Ministers. Quite a few Ministers have improved ratings. The summary is: 9/10 - Chris Bishop (nc), Judith Collins (+2), Chris Penk (+2) 8/10 - Christopher ...

As expected the Liberal Party won the Canadian election, but they have fallen short of a majority. Here's how each party has gone. Liberals Vote went from 32.6% to 43.5% Seats went from 160 to 168 ...

16 days ago I wrote on Patreon why I was predicting that Tory Whanau will withdraw from the Mayoral race. I hear from informed sources that Whanau has indeed withdrawn, and that the Herald has an ...

In a fit of modesty outgoing Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau rated her Mayoralty a 9/10 on NewstalkZB. This seems to be in slight contrast to the Curia poll in January which found only 17% of ...

There would have been four articles but the use of taxpayer's money to pay for teacher registration has already been posted. An interesting article re moving away from State Schools altogether.I ...

The Government has announced a $53 million boost for teacher registrations and practising certificates fees through to 2028. Education Minister Erica Stanford said it will also cover any increases the ...