Reception desk at GP surgery: if you have got this far you’re doing well, given NZ is spending just a third of other OECD countries on primary health care. Photo: Lynn GrievesonMōrena. Long stories ...

Prime minister Kevin Rudd released the 2009 defence white paper in May of that year. It is today remembered mostly for what it said about the strategic implications of China’s rise; its plan to double ...

US President Donald Trump is certainly not afraid of an executive order, signing 97 since his inauguration on 20 January. In minerals and energy, Trump has declared a national emergency; committed to ...

Tamatha Paul’s comments on policing have been criticised by Luxon as “insane” but a closer look at what she really said shows ...

Res Publica takes aim at modern day ‘tankies’. Pro-authoritarian leftist, who can apologise for any authoritarian regime ...

The recent attacks in the Congo by Rwandan backed militias has led to worldwide condemnation of the Rwandan regime of Paul Kagame. Following up on the recent Fabian Zoom with Mikela Wrong and Maria ...

It’s interesting how little understanding there is of the state and politics within the Parliamentary Labour Party. A lot of the coverage of Labour’s internal workings has tended to personalise the ...

Most of which was pretty orthodox - international law good, war bad, trade good, not interested in AUKUS, and wanting a ...

No, You Don’t Deserve A Second Term. Last week, Matthew Hooton wrote an op-ed, published in NZME, that essentially says t ...

For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.” ...

Here in NZ, we don’t hear as much from and about the science sector except for the odd article that makes reasoned arguments why the Coalition is on the wrong track. This is as far as the protest goes ...

By pursuing cuts, selling off assets to multinationals, enabling ACT’s attacks on the Treaty and cutting back on climate commitments, Luxon is guaranteeing that NZ will not be stable for ...