The Court of Appeal has rejected the latest appeal by Scott Watson for the murders of Ben Sharp and Olivia Hope. I am pleased but not surprised. He has had his case considered by every court possible.

Iyrna Zarutska was killed almost three weeks ago on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her killing was captured on video. It was horrific. It showed her killer just stabbing her three times from ...

Looking at the University Entrance for Leavers Data for every high school in NZ it becomes clear that there are some good things happening. The following shows significant improvement in outcomes for ...

Nationalist President Turkey - Nationalist President Germany - AFD leads in most polls UK - Reform leads by 9% in polls France - National Rally leads by 10% in polls Italy - Brothers of Italy in power ...

A very extensive and interesting story at Newsroom on the NZ soldier who was a neo-nazi, and tried to provide military secrets to a foreign government. Some key details are: He had swastikas on the ...

But the Greens' commerce and consumer affairs spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March told RNZ that was only "one part of the puzzle" and the government needed to explore all its options - including ...

Long-time Labour activist Jeremy Greenbrook-Held has posted a voting guide for Auckland elections. As he is the campaign manager for various City Vision and Labour candidates it is no surprise he is ...

The Chief Ombudsman has reprimanded Marlborough District Council's use of public-excluded briefings and workshops, saying they should be "open by default". ... Council chief executive John Boswell ...

Consider, most prominently, Donald Trump’s recent announcement that the federal government is taking a 10 percent share in Intel (worth some $8.9 billion dollars). Ten percent makes the U.S.

Leo Goodwin is one of NZ's worst sex offenders. He was born around 1972. In 1994 he was jailed for a year in Australia after holding a knife to a woman's throat in an attempt to have sex with her. So ...

When Tom Phillips first disappeared into the bush with his kids, there was a bit of me that admired him. Not the taking the kids away from the rest of the family, but the fact he could keep four kids ...

A 20-year-old law student has triumphed over Auckland Transport in court, with a judge ruling the installation of three speed bumps and a raised pedestrian crossing was unlawful. Sean O’Loughlin took ...