The simplest way to implement a capital gains tax would be as a pure tax switch, using the new revenue to reduce income tax for working people. But that exposes the dirty little secret of Labour’s ...

With homelessness an increasingly visible part of Auckland CBD’s social fabric, charities providing food and other support for those in need say demand has never been higher, while funding proves ...

Signed 190 years ago today, He Whakaputanga still defines the Māori struggle for mana and self-determination. The very first Māori dictionary defines “Whakaputa” as – “to boast or make visible”. This ...

In many ways, the Labour Party has been the political equivalent of the 'go girl, give us nothing' meme for the last two years.

Tasmin Prichard won the 2025 Landfall Tauraka essay prize with their essay ‘Four Hours in the Dark, Forgetting’, a quiet and ...

Amid shrinking arts funding, a Wellington circus school has managed to last two decades. How have they pulled it off?

Some call the regime 'prohibitive', but others say exempting the majority of the companies currently subject to it is a 'backwards step'.

While ministers say the Roads of National Significance are about delivery and growth, critics say their costs are too high and their benefits too uncertain.<br /> <br /> ...

At this point, the New Zealand government is basically just a road-building authority with bits tacked on. And not even a very good one.

The Spinoff’s Liam Rātana joins Dunan Grieve to discuss the seismic changes coming for the Māori media landscape.

The current pressure systems causing strong winds, power outages and wildfires across Aotearoa are due to the strongest pressure difference MetService has seen in 30 years of records. Shanti Mathias ...

The government’s disdain for unions and love for teachers, doctors and nurses is slightly confusing given unions are made up of teachers, doctors and nurses.