1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (378+ words) Now, just for the avoidance of doubt, let me tell you what happened here with this mistake that led to 30,000 people missing out on Winter Energy Payments and benefits. It happened because Louise Upston passed a piece of legislation so…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (426+ words) Here is a stereotype we have to break, especially given the solution is now available. There was a young woman in her 20s, in the beauty industry, training as a nurse and will go into the private sector. She has a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (516+ words) Sky is blaming a scheduling error for a gambling ad being played instead of Jai Arrow’s emotional walkout for his 100th game for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Arrow announced his retirement from rugby league earlier this year as he battles motor…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (602+ words) This week’s political noise was all about tax. It’s perhaps the key battleground heading into the election, even if the main parties seem determined to make their tax policies as uninspiring as possible. And that's not an accident. Our politicians…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (400+ words) In the end, was this a “to do” about nothing? The social media ban for under 16s is a global bandwagon that we were already late to. And by the time it arrived on Monday, it turns out the party that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (117+ words) Labour Leader Chris Hipkins joined Nick Mills in the studio this morning for his monthly chat but was threatened by a man on the way to the interview. Hipkins recounted the incident to Mills. "We went onto the waterfront he…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (451+ words) I think I'm probably more optimistic about the social media ban than most people. I do accept that the thing is not going to work, according to the accepted definition of what it means to work, but I think it…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (501+ words) Is National’s promise of no new taxes as good as it sounds? If you ask Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, he’ll say no. Because he’s been pushing for a bed tax for tourists and, yesterday, Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis announced…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (165+ words) A teen social media ban, resembling one pioneered by Australia, is being introduced to Parliament today. The Online Safety Bill requires platforms like Instagram and TikTok to block accounts for under-16s, and set up stronger age verification. Failing to do…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (100+ words) Instagram and Tiktok could soon become off-limits for under-16s. A new Online Safety Bill introduced to Parliament today requires a range of social media platforms to block teen accounts. It establishes a regulator to monitor compliance, and fines for companies…...