Net farmer confidence has jumped from -66% a year ago to +33% in the Federated Farmers Survey. That's great news. I can't recall ever seeing such a dramatic change in just 12 months.

When our kids were little one of the books we often read them was “Bears in the Night” in which the young bears, hearing a noise outside, sneak out of the house at night, climb Spook Hill and then, te ...

Closing enrolment the day before advance voting starts, so that a final vote count can be done in a timely manner (In Australia it closes 26 days before the election) Banning provision of free food et ...

Do you recall Jacinda promised to solve homelessness? I think she said in four weeks. Would it surprise anyone to learn that according to the census, it increased 37%? The Homelessness Insights report ...

Dear Minister of Internal Affairs Van Velden, The National library has announced that there will be a closure today of the Molesworth Street library ground floor, from 11:30am to 3pm on Friday 1 ...

New Zealand exports will face a 15% tariff after the latest moves from US President Donald Trump. Trump signed the order for new tariffs to go into effect in 7 days on a wide swathe of US trading ...

There’s a solar farm near Waiuku (I think) that has elevated and moveable (follow the Sun) panels. The panels are of a height that young cattle can graze under them, but bigger cattle will gnaw on the ...

Paul Goldsmith has appointed the Judicial Conduct Panel into Acting Judge Ema Aitken. The members are: Honourable Brendan Brown KC. Brown will chair it. He was a Court of Appeal Judge for 8 years and ...

The Green Party and its closest mayoral candidate have independently come up with near-identical housing policies by targeting land banking with a promise of lessening future rates rises. The policy, ...

Houses and rents are more affordable as costs fall and consumers benefit from lower interest rates and higher wages, according to new reports from Massey University. National home affordability ...

Several respondents said their schools bankrolled literacy catch-up classes and training from the Kahui Ako scheme that gave some teachers release time for specialist work with other teachers in their ...