IDEA reports on a recent decision from the Supreme Court of Fiji with regards to the 2013 constitution of Fiji. They had to decide whether the 2013 or 1997 constitution of Fiji was valid, and as ...

Ani O'Brien has a long and excellent piece on the failure of organ donation reform. The TLDR version is: Strategy released in 2017 Law change passed in 2019 Funding of $3 million a year for ...

If you needed any more proof that Police Professional Conduct (i.e. the sub-department within the Police which deals with complaints about police misconduct) is biased and will not discipline its own ...

People tend to think being anxious about going to school (even "school aversion") is a new phenomenon. It isn't but is does appear to be heightened at present. I am a life long social-phobe and found ...

A former Education Ministry employee says development of the new school curriculum was heavily politicised, causing extensive rewrites and sidelining subject experts. Claire Coleman made the ...

The Sensible Sentencing Trust has launched a campaign to make the new proposed coward punch law effective. Without minimum sentences, NZ judges will continue to give incredibly light sentences for ...

Labour keep claiming that the Government gave the tobacco industry a $300 million tax cut. This was based on reducing the excise on heated tobacco by 50% to see if the price difference would move ...

Like many NZers I first heard of Sam Ruthe last year when he started to break NZ age records for the mile and other middle distances. In March he became the first 15 year old to do a sub 4 minute mile ...

This is Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a 29 year old Dutch activist. The UK Government banned her from visa-free travel on the basis ...

This column by Andrea Vance was actually last March but I only just discovered it, and it is so good it needs repeating. She writes: In the Chlöe Swarbrick era, the Greens have been reduced to a ...

Eligible students can now apply for funds to help with the cost of their final year of study. But one economist is asking whether it's the best use of the money. People who are studying for the first ...

Students returning to school this week will benefit from a significant change designed to give parents clearer, more consistent information about how their children are progressing at school. 2026 ...