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Local Focus: 'This has got court written all over it'
KPMG report vindicates HDC Chief Executive. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
KPMG report vindicates HDC Chief Executive. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Labour would give free driving lessons to every high school student.
COMMENT: Ardern should embrace the tension between market economics and socialism.
COMMENT: Politics, and democratic politics in particular, is a messy business.
Hastings mayor receives excellence award upon standing down as LGNZ president.
The US President has lashed out at media for coverage of his son's Russia meetings.
There is government tension over the Official Information Act.
Foxton main street causes a stir. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
COMMENT: Is democracy the winner or loser from last week's media merger decision?
COMMENT: Press Freedom Day is a reminder that critical minds can overcome "fake(d)" news.
Comment: Elderly, white males are as pesky, autumnal flies for Rachel Stewart.
COMMENT: Democratic values appear to have entered a death spiral, writes Rachel Stewart.
The new mayor is polorising the community. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A petition signed by 210 children has restored monkey bars to climb on in Grey Lynn Park
North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.
COMMENT: Instead of compulsion, perhaps we should check out what Sweden did.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer sat down with Guyon Espiner to talk about his days as Prime Minister.
Maggie gave birth to her daughter in 1964 in Otahuhu - and didn't see her for 18 years.
The White House on Friday barred news outlets - including CNN, the New York Times and Los Angeles Times - from attending a press briefing.
COMMENT: Willie Jackson is on a crusade to drag poor and young non-voters into political system for "the health of our democracy." And good luck to him.
Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule is the National Party candidate for Tukituki.
There's a growing number of media calling out President Donald Trump for saying things that aren't true. But does that make him a liar?
COMMENT: If we had more people in Parliament who would live long enough to experience the results of their actions, we'd all be better off.
Ratepayers are set to pay between $90,000 and $100,000 if Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule is selected as the National Party's Tukituki
NZ can celebrate being pronounced the least corrupt country in the world. But that doesn't mean we should be complacent, writes Bryce Edwards.
There is a deep divide within the Labour Party - and it's no longer the straightforward division between the left and right of the party, writes Bryce Edwards.
Political Roundup: The attempted return of several older politicians to Parliament in 2017 has sparked some debate about the merits of young, middle-aged, or older MPs for democracy. Surely we need them all.
Trump hysteria has become a parody in which the screamiest and stupidest attacks become headlines.
To the sound of 200-300 voices chanting "live, live, Israel, resolution go to Hell", Hawke's Bay pastor Nigel Woodley stood outside
Hawke's Bay protesters travel to Wellington to vent fury at UN resolution.