Tim Jago appealed against both his convictions and sentence for indecent assaults. The Court of Appeal has upheld both. He argued that he should have got home detention. I am glad he failed, as ...

Every Saturday afternoon at 2:00pm Lucy stands in front of Britomart station protesting the Saturday pro-Hamas rally. Yesterday I went to shake her hand and then stayed with her for over two hours.

I'm in a first aid course most of the day, so won't be able to summarise any significant results until later afternoon. Feel free to use this thread to comment on results as they become known. What I' ...

My name is LaWhore Vagistan, my preferred pronouns are “she” or “aunty.” I chose ‘LaWhore’ because my family traces its origins to Pakistan: Lahore is an important city in Pakistan, and well, I’m a ...

Waatea News has an interview with Professor Lisa Te Morenga of the Health Coalition Aotearoa. Around four minutes into the interview: Interviewer: You're not advocating for temperance here are you, to ...

Celebration - tinged with anxiousness - has broken out in parts of Israel and Gaza after the announcement of a ceasefire deal between the warring parties. Israel has begun implementing the ceasefire ...

Two recent Media Council decisions have been called out by media, with one labelled “a serious error” with “potentially wide reaching consequences”, and the other “alarming” and “potentially dangerous ...

To run a survey that doesn't even include as an option having teams based on sex, makes it clear that this is not a consultation, but an exercise in propaganda. The survey is about community level ...

October 6, 2025 8:00am by Kokila PatelGeneral Debate 06 October 2025 ...

Governments of the left like to claim they are transformational, when they're not. The Ardern Government achieved so little it was the opposite. They used wellbeing as a slogan, and did a couple of ...

Tonight a disgusting coward has gone to my home and smashed a window. Glass was shattered all over our dog. He also left a sign on the front door. I wasn’t home. But my partner and guest were. This is ...

Local journalism faces genuine crisis. Towns across New Zealand risk becoming “news deserts” where civic life unfolds without professional scrutiny. Dr Gavin Ellis’s comprehensive report for Koi Tū ...