Verian is the only public pollster doing weekly polls, which makes their polls the most interesting to watch as you get a better of how the last week has impacted things. Their results are: National 3 ...

The two heroes of this story are the big sisters, Storm and Jubilee Dawson. Justice Moore’s report released to the public this week, reveals their unwavering commitment to finding their siblings. They ...

Very sad to see that Geoff Thompson has died, aged 86. I'd known Geoff for almost 40 years. He was National Party President when I worked in the PMs' Office, and stayed active for decades after that.

I have just read the review by a KC into how the Teaching Council allowed Timothy Fisher (note there are two teachers called Timothy Fisher - the one still teaching is not the one being referred to) ...

For family reasons, my wife and I are raising our 11-year-old grandson. He has been a pupil under both Chris Hipkins and Erica Stanford. Under Hipkins, I became so concerned about his maths that I ...

A guest post by Kerry Butler: There has been a movement in recent times to push a name change for our country to “Aotearoa” by way of creeping normalcy. This subversive agenda is brazenly orchestrated ...

The Finnish study appears to be very high quality as Finland’s health data is mandatory with no opt out. So they have tracked 2,000 youth over 25 years and found: Among adolescents who underwent ...

Luxon is 100% right to keep ruling Opportunity out. The reason is that there is close to a 0% chance that Opportunity would choose a National-led Government over a Labour-led Government. All that you ...

The Overhang has a long and useful article about polling in NZ. Their summary is: ...

In October 2023, Curia polled 1,000 NZers on whether they have heard of the Mongrel Mob and Black Power, and if they had a positive or negative view of them.

In 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press and heralded in a silent revolution that would change the world. It is unlikely he realized the full significance of his creation ...