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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The New York Times appended a story it published last week containing a shocking image of a childpurportedly suffering from starvation in Gaza with an editor’s note Tuesday. The note informs readers t ...

Multiple female lawyers claim that a former senior partner who was suspended for drunkenly groping interns at a Christmas party has been using a social media platform to intimidate them. What did he ...

The Wellington Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling on the Wellington City Council to put a hold on rushing through the $30 million harbour fencing project, and take the plans to consultation before ...