Deakin University associate criminology professor Dr James Martin told RNZ the Australian approach had relied on enforcement to suppress the black market. "This has been really ineffective," he said.

A terror attack on a synagogue was “not anti-semitism” but was “revenge” for Israel “murdering people,” according to a video promoted by a Green Party council candidate. Sabine Mairey, a Green ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed his party will campaign on lifting the age of eligibility for superannuation at this year’s election, although he declined to mention specifics. Luxon ...

Reform of local govt should be much less about size and much more about quality. Remove powers of general competence to start the process. At a very local level – town by town there should be small ...

Media lawyer Steven Price questions how the Media Council could be placed to pick up the slack, on top of its existing workload. “They have just got a bunch of volunteers who meet and sit, I don’t ...

Almost half of the stories on Stuff's politics page, are quoting Helen Clark. Doesn't this tell you everything you need to know.

But the big surprise – one that even had the stranger next to me turning to me with a look of disbelief – was Mallard’s claim that the protest camp was funded by Russia. Yep, that’s right: Mallard ...

ACT have proposed six things in their immigration policy. Let's take them in turn. Deport serious offenders. Anyone on a residence visa who is convicted of a crime with a 10 year or more maximum ...

It ought to be international news, and it isn’t: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgz9k7pzggo There was a press release about this put out a day or two ago by the ...