Does National really want to devote itself to keeping the Luxon balloon aloft until November? Talking through clenched teeth can be so stressful. The centre right is not normally known for tolerating ...

Christopher Luxon survived Tuesday’s caucus vote and confidently declared his leadership to now be a settled matter, and told the media to treat it as such. Less confidently, he refused to take any ...

In stark contrast, Trump sent J.D. Vance, his friend the real estate tycoon Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. None of them have any background in diplomacy or in the details of the ...

Alas, those glossy numbers have since faded, particularly after Covid, and since the war in Ukraine began. By raiding the pension funds to repay the country’s debt, Orban has left many older ...

The National Party caucus seems to have a death wish. In increasingly “uncertain and volatile times,” it has placed all its bets on the guy […] ...

Funny…back when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Vladimir Putin to tell us whether his acts of aggression were legal under international law ...

In the wake of Winston Peters lame response to the US attack on Venezuela, its almost enough to make one yearn for the good old days when Murray McCully was our Foreign Minister. Here’s the gist of ...

Reportedly, the on again, off again debate between Ruth Richardson and Nicola Willis may be on again. Fabolous. Nothing can help us better understand a wildly contentious issue than having someone ...

Two big calls this week by the two real decision makers in this government. First, David Seymour all but sank the government’s plan to make retailers (not banks) suck up the entire cost of scrapping ...

Oil prices are still rising amid fears that Iran may be laying mines in the Straits of Hormuz. The initial market confidence that the US would speedily bring this war to a happy conclusion has all but ...

In his tilt at the leadership last November, Chris Bishop plainly forgot Omar’s excellent advice from The Wire: “If you come at the king, better not miss.” He’s now paid the price. Yet in the wake of ...

The recently infamous “I’m the CEO/ Your job is the Prime Minister” exchange between Christopher Luxon and Tova O’Brien should be a defining moment in Luxon’s downward trajectory as the leader of the ...