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Science Media Centre: Govt Changes Law To Halt Climate Lawsuits – Expert Reaction

Stephen Olsen: Why Social Housing Matters

Government: PM's Speech - Securing NZ’s Future In A More Volatile World

Te Toi Mahana: Social Housing Delivers Threefold Return On Investment

Government: Laws Passed To Deliver AML Red Tape Relief

Lynley Tulloch: For Dairy Cows, There Is No Happy Mother’s Day

MUNZ: ERA Ruling In Qube Case A Vital Win For Port Safety

PSA: 1 in 4 Public Service Workers Thinking Of Leaving NZ

Gordon Campbell: On Pauline Hanson’s Rise, And The TOP Renaissance

Routinely in politics, there is a double standard for outrage. The same people who regarded Jacinda Ardern as a jackbooted tyrant seem to be quite unruffled by National riding roughshod over both local democracy (e.g. Chris Bishop’s “If you don’t [amalgamate], we’ll do it for you” message to councils) and also over the public’s ability to sue corporates for compensation over climate change pollution.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Hapai Te Hauora: New Online Gambling Laws Could Grow Harm While Claiming To Reduce It

Hāpai says online gambling must be treated as a public health issue, not just an individual choice.

New Zealand Alliance Party: Alliance Party Firmly Opposes “Backdoor Privatisation” Of Kiwibank

Alliance Party Leader Victor Billot says fiscal sustainability should be pursued through economic sovereignty, equity and progressive taxation, not austerity or asset sales.

Taxpayers' Union: New Poll - Coalition Still Ahead; Luxon Regains 'Preferred Prime Minister' Top-Spot

National may be breathing a sigh of relief, but there's still only a hair's breadth between the left and right blocs, and barely a few percentage points between Kiwis' preferred Prime Ministers.

NZ National Party: Judith Collins’ Valedictory Speech

I now leave politics behind and move into an apolitical world with gusto and … even relish. I’m over politics and looking forward to going back to my first loves … my family and the law.

Forest And Bird: Government Biodiversity Credit Scheme Welcomed As Opportunity For Restoration

Forest & Bird also says it will be important that any market framework reflects Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique ecosystems and Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations.

Office of the Ombudsman: Ombudsman Publishes Findings On Ministry Of Education Sensitive Claims Scheme

The Ombudsman has found that parts of the Ministry of Education’s scheme to assess sensitive claims are unreasonable for people who were abused or neglected in some state schools.

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Bill To Enable Digital Drivers Licences Passes Third Reading 13/05/26 | New Zealand Governme...
Speech To The New Zealand Institute Of International Affairs - International Tra... 13/05/26
Luxon Chooses To Join The Anti-Migrant Bandwagon 13/05/26 | Green Party
Seymour Welcomes Lower Budget Allowance 13/05/26 | ACT New Zealand
Securing New Zealand’s Future In A More Volatile World 13/05/26 | New Zealand Government
PM Luxon's Speech: Securing New Zealand’s Future In A More Volatile World 13/05/26 | New Zea...
Levelling The Playing Field For Food Business Verification 13/05/26 | New Zealand Government

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Update: Further Charges Laid, Fatal Crash, Rotorua 7:11 AM | New Zealand Police
Fatal Crash, Te Puke Highway, Papamoa 7:10 AM | New Zealand Police
Update: Arrests Made Following Road-rage Assault, Hamilton 13/05/26 | New Zealand Police
Te Puke Highway Closed Due To Serious Crash - Bay Of Plenty 13/05/26 | New Zealand Police
Update: Arrests Made Following Public Brawl, Whakatāne 13/05/26 | New Zealand Police
Fatal Crash, Roxburgh, Central Otago 13/05/26 | New Zealand Police
Inaugural Hauraki Māori Community Awards Launched To Honour The Living Taonga Of... 13/05/26

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Better Taxes for a Better Future: Tax Policy Welcome Contribution, But Missed Opportunity To Tackle Wealth Inequality

Just as the Opportunity Party’s policy came out, the OECD released their report on NZ’s economy, which included recommendations to more comprehensively tax gains from property and shares, and a windfall tax on capital gains from rezoning land.

Google Threat Intelligence Group - GTIG: Google Threat Report Warns AI-Driven Cyber Operations Are Scaling Across Global Threat Landscape

GTIG additionally identified a growing trend toward “agentic workflows”, where autonomous frameworks are used to conduct reconnaissance and validate vulnerabilities at scale.

Commerce Commission: Baseline Research Report On The State Of Competition In New Zealand

The report draws on a detailed analysis of 22 years (2001-23) of Stats NZ data from individual businesses to establish baseline competition measures for future monitoring.

University of Auckland: Junk Food Designed To Make Us Eat More, Study Finds

A new University of Auckland study finds companies making ultra-processed foods, often called junk food, design and market these products to encourage people to eat more and more of them.

Spark: New Report Sets Out Outcomes-Led Approach To Lift Rural Connectivity Using The Right Mix Of Technologies

In rural and remote areas, the goal should be defined by the experience people need, including reliability, latency and resilience, rather than by a single build type.

Bill Bennett: Fixed Voice Rules Head For Deregulation

The Commerce Commission will investigate deregulating PSTN interconnection. Ventia plan to grow beyond telecoms with datacentre builds. One NZ builds 29 new cell sites

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Keith Rankin: Does The United States Have A Debt Problem That Needs Fixing?

People would rather lend their governments than pay taxes, though most citizens realise that a substantial part of government spending should be funded by taxes rather than debt.

Bruce Mahalski: Change In The Weather #195

The latest episode of the long-running cartoon strip A Change in the Weather, originally published in the Otago Daily Times magazine The Weekend Mix.

Keith Rankin: Haemorrhagic Plague?

The world is becoming more vulnerable; too vulnerable for badheads and hotheads and sureheads (such as Christopher Luxon) and bombastic appeasers (such as Keir Starmer) who cannot broach alternative explanations or strategies.

Eugene Doyle: Did The NZ Prime Minister Just Commit Treason?

As a minimum the New Zealand government should confront the Israelis and demand two things: Non-Repetition and Reparations.

Binoy Kampmark: Ted Turner - The Devil Behind Cable News

The argument about cable television news ever being factual is a moot point. CNN’s coverage of the 1991 Gulf War only served to illustrate how subservient a news outlet could be to official narratives.

Keith Rankin: Clipping The Ticket; Solving Hormuz, In Context

The best solution to wartime privations is to not start wars in the first place; and – if they happen anyway – to quickly find a pragmatic economic solution to end the war without creating 'losers'; to end the war through negotiations rather than belligerent 'demands'.

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Circling The Drain Or Turning Toward Truth? 7:22 AM | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Does The United States Have A Debt Problem That Needs Fixing? 13/05/26 | Keith Rankin
Epic Interruptus: The Iranian Snare And American Defeat 13/05/26 | Binoy Kampmark
Change In The Weather #195 13/05/26 | Bruce Mahalski
On Pauline Hanson’s Rise, And The TOP Renaissance 13/05/26 | Gordon Campbell
Haemorrhagic Plague? 12/05/26 | Keith Rankin
Did The NZ Prime Minister Just Commit Treason? 12/05/26 | Eugene Doyle

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WORLD

Kiingitanga: Māori Queen Meets HRH Prince William At Windsor Castle

The Māori Monarch is following in the footsteps of her tūpuna and continuing eight generations of engagement with the British royal household.

Colin Greer & Reynard Loki, IMI: Criminalizing Childhood - When The Justice System Fails America’s Youth

From child labor to incarceration, U.S. laws often treat youth as disposable rather than nurturing their potential.

Global Sumud Flotilla: Saif Abukeshek & Thiago Ávila Released - Victory For International Mobilization; A Reminder Of Who Remains Behind

Saif and Thiago return home while 9,500 Palestinian men, women, and children remain illegally detained in israeli regime prisons, subjected to the same system of unlawful detention, torture, and impunity our comrades experienced for ten days and that Palestinians have endured for decades.

Aotearoa Delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla: The Global Sumud Flotilla Remains Undeterred As Over 30 Boats Depart For Türkiye

Every wave we break is a testament to the world's refusal to look away. The siege is crumbling; the movement for Palestine continues.

UN Special Procedures - Human Rights: Israel Must Immediately Release Gaza-Bound Flotilla Activists, Say UN Experts

“When the international community failed to ensure the delivery of humanitarian supplies, global civil society has taken action,” the experts said.

IPMSDL: Condemn The Killing Of Children, Bombing In Manipur, And Violent Repression Of People’s Protests

The attack has been one of the numerous bombing, and shelling in Manipur since the conflict of May 2023 erupted. Since 2023, reported violence are dozens of incidents involving explosives, improvised bombs and grenades, numerous projectile or mortar-like shelling episodes across villages, and hundreds of armed clashes, arson attacks, shootings, and raids overall.

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Race Unity Speech Awards: Students’ Vision For A United Future - Embrace Our Differences

Amanjot Singh from Hastings Boys High School has been named the National Champion of the Race Unity Speech Awards for 2026 receiving the Tohu Raukura ā-Motu – New Zealand Police National Champion’s Award.

Commonwealth Foundation: Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 Regional Winners Announced

All five writers have been recognised for the first time, having also been shortlisted for the first time. The five stories were chosen from 7,806 entries, the second highest number in the prize’s history.

Doc Edge Festival: World Press Photo And Doc Edge Comes To Auckland In Landmark Exhibition Merger

Running 24 June to 12 July 2026 at the iconic Smith & Caughey building in Auckland's CBD, World Press Photo & Doc Edge Immersive Exhibition 2026 will be a ticketed centrepiece of the 21st annual Doc Edge Festival, and the largest exhibition of its kind in the Asia-Pacific.

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Gordon Campbell: On Pauline Hanson’s Rise, And The TOP Renaissance

NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Hapai Te Hauora: New Online Gambling Laws Could Grow Harm While Claiming To Reduce It

New Zealand Alliance Party: Alliance Party Firmly Opposes “Backdoor Privatisation” Of Kiwibank

Taxpayers' Union: New Poll - Coalition Still Ahead; Luxon Regains 'Preferred Prime Minister' Top-Spot

NZ National Party: Judith Collins’ Valedictory Speech

Forest And Bird: Government Biodiversity Credit Scheme Welcomed As Opportunity For Restoration

Office of the Ombudsman: Ombudsman Publishes Findings On Ministry Of Education Sensitive Claims Scheme

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Better Taxes for a Better Future: Tax Policy Welcome Contribution, But Missed Opportunity To Tackle Wealth Inequality

Google Threat Intelligence Group - GTIG: Google Threat Report Warns AI-Driven Cyber Operations Are Scaling Across Global Threat Landscape

Commerce Commission: Baseline Research Report On The State Of Competition In New Zealand

University of Auckland: Junk Food Designed To Make Us Eat More, Study Finds

Spark: New Report Sets Out Outcomes-Led Approach To Lift Rural Connectivity Using The Right Mix Of Technologies

Bill Bennett: Fixed Voice Rules Head For Deregulation

LATEST HEADLINES

COMMENT

Keith Rankin: Does The United States Have A Debt Problem That Needs Fixing?

Bruce Mahalski: Change In The Weather #195

Keith Rankin: Haemorrhagic Plague?

Eugene Doyle: Did The NZ Prime Minister Just Commit Treason?

Binoy Kampmark: Ted Turner - The Devil Behind Cable News

Keith Rankin: Clipping The Ticket; Solving Hormuz, In Context

LATEST HEADLINES

WORLD

Kiingitanga: Māori Queen Meets HRH Prince William At Windsor Castle

Colin Greer & Reynard Loki, IMI: Criminalizing Childhood - When The Justice System Fails America’s Youth

Global Sumud Flotilla: Saif Abukeshek & Thiago Ávila Released - Victory For International Mobilization; A Reminder Of Who Remains Behind

Aotearoa Delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla: The Global Sumud Flotilla Remains Undeterred As Over 30 Boats Depart For Türkiye

UN Special Procedures - Human Rights: Israel Must Immediately Release Gaza-Bound Flotilla Activists, Say UN Experts

IPMSDL: Condemn The Killing Of Children, Bombing In Manipur, And Violent Repression Of People’s Protests

LATEST HEADLINES

LIFESTYLE

Race Unity Speech Awards: Students’ Vision For A United Future - Embrace Our Differences

Commonwealth Foundation: Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 Regional Winners Announced

Doc Edge Festival: World Press Photo And Doc Edge Comes To Auckland In Landmark Exhibition Merger

Whakarongorau Aotearoa: International Nurses Day - Healthline Nurses Help 800 New Zealanders A Day

NZ Psychological Society: Remembering The Past Guides Our Future

New Zealand Olympic Committee: Motherhood In Focus For Wāhine Toa Graduates Ahead Of Mother's Day

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