Press Releases

Te Pāti Māori MPs have, in the words of one widely viewed American commentator, made New Zealand a laughing stock. The problem is not the haka, it’s the fact that Te Pāti Māori, and others who should know better, believe reasoned debate and war dances are equal ways to do politics.

This behaviour is unacceptable. My thoughts go out to the victim of this senseless act and his family.

The looming remediation deadlines have created enormous uncertainty and costs

Adolescence can be challenging and confusing, but using medication to deal with gender identity issues can have permanent effects that do real long-term harm.

Since 1975 when the Waitangi Tribunal decided the Treaty has ‘principles’, the job of interpreting those principles has been left to unelected judges. That changes today

Mihingarangi Forbes is a co-host of RNZ's Saturday Mornings and hosts the RNZ podcast Mata.

Antisocial fare dodgers discourage Aucklanders from using public transport. They deprive AT of revenue and load costs onto rule-abiding ratepayers.

ACT has been approached by parents and students who are alarmed at school leadership abandoning political neutrality and pushing children into protest activity

Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay for the election campaigns of parties they oppose

Tauranga-based ACT MP Cameron Luxton has written to the Auditor-General, raising concerns about the Council’s recent sale of the Tauranga Marine Precinct and requesting an investigation.

Free Press handily picked the Trump Triumph two weeks ago. Winning the popular vote, the Presidency, and both houses is a seismic shift.

Sometimes when one New Zealander employs another it just doesn’t work out.