The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that The Arts Foundation Te Tumo Toi has received $1,180,300 of funding from Creative NZ since 2021/22. This ...

The Independent Police Complaints Authority has an excellent report on the policing of public protests in New Zealand. It recommends some thoughtful legislative changes to strengthen the right to ...

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has five draft proposals for media reform. A couple are okay and a couple are terrible. My initial take on them. Ensuring accessibility of local media platforms Th ...

It can’t be much of a surprise that a relatively inexperienced Act MP, handed the workplace relations portfolio, doesn’t want to entertain the country’s biggest union in her office. But it still ...

The Public Service Commission has released its report around alleged misuse of information by three entities and the findings are damning. Two major outcomes are: The Government Statistician has ...

If you don't like drag queen story times, there are many things you can legally do. These include: Don't have your kids attend Complain to the Police if you genuinely think the performance is illegal ...

WCC does an annual survey of residents. In previous years they put the full results on their website but this year only did a summary which highlighted the positive. Someone requested the full report ...

A guest post by Sir Roger Douglas: Michael Littlewood’s ‘Guest Post’ for David Farrar on pensions, and his belief that our social welfare system is fit for purpose and doesn’t need change, reminded me ...

The High Court has dismissed on appeal the assault conviction against Liz Gunn. Now I’m not a fan of Ms Gunn’s stances on various issues, but the court decision makes clear how outrageous her arrest ...