National are a well oiled corporate machine and their war chest is undeniable. There’s hardly been any furore about the $671 million Kiwirail fiasco but the media headlines are wall to wall on ...

Last year, Rachel Glucina was among several journalists implicated in Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics, which alleged senior government officials were executing smear campaigns against opponents with ...

Yes – National will increase gross debt by $110b in 5 years. That’s 125% of Labour’s debt over 2 full terms of government i.e ...

Central Otago is probably the purest expression of our structural economic flaws: land speculation as the main driver of wealth, thousands of low-paid service jobs (including the outright modern ...

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other ...

Construction is not limited to just homes. It relates to infrastructure e.g. water, transport, schools, hospitals etc. as well.

To dissent means you are either right wing, anti vax, fallen down a worm hole or a misogynist. Regardless of yr position there is a civil discussion to he had, for example, iin respect to workers and ...

Yep, O'Brien, being hard right wing and therefore closely aligned with all member parties of the coalition knows that homelessness, people on the street, people living in cars is one of the very big ...

Approximately 40% of conservation land (the most precious parts) will not be eligible for land exchange and disposal under the new settings, including national parks, nature reserves, wilderness areas ...

The country’s four main power companies have signed an agreement to stockpile coal and to extend the life of the coal-fired Huntly power station. Genesis, Mercury, Contact, and Meridian control 85% of ...

Stuff had a short video up last week about Queenstown’s multiple infrastructure problems and whether locals are going to end up hating tourism. It’s also a snapshot into Queenstown’s failure to work ...

A few hours ago, it was shared with me 1 that Paul Goldsmith’s voting electoral reform affects ~560,000 voters 2 Here are the details 3: Election day registration: 110,000 Voting period registration: ...