Browsing: Politics
EDITORIAL: Mike Bain. By mid‑morning on Thursday, the media had Luxon pegged as a man ready to torch MMP, rewrite…
OPINION: Bruce Cotterill. There once was a young woman. She had long dark hair and a nice smile. She was…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. Anyone who has watched New Zealand politics over the past few weeks will have noticed something about…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Te Pāti Māori is demanding urgent answers after two separate system failures disrupted enrolments onto the Māori roll…
OPINION: Mike Bain Ray Davies, frontman of The Kinks, once sang about a “mixed‑up muddled up shook‑up world” in Lola.…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com A new, centrist Uncommitted Movement has emerged Except this time it’s in support of genocide, rather than trying…
OPINION: Michael Swanson Every sitting day in the New Zealand Parliament, when a contested vote is called, MPs do not…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com NZ First has opened its 2026 election campaign with a bold pitch to reshape New Zealand’s energy future,…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Conservatives NZ says New Zealand’s justice system has become unaffordable, inaccessible, and increasingly stacked in favour of those…
Greta Ruffino/Euronews Andy Burnham is to replace Starmer on Monday, shortly after he is expected to meet King Charles III…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Polling near the bottom these days, the once‑prominent Conservative Party remains in the race, determined to offer an…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell According to Treasury, “People present in New Zealand each year are increasingly non-NZ citizens”: “In 2024, there…
A compulsory KiwiSaver overhaul, baby bonuses and higher contributions are on the table — and Luxon is daring the Opposition…
Ani O’Brien. “Political failure lies at the heart of the scandal.” The most shocking and damning thing about Britain’s rape…
OPINION: Michael Swanson Note: I wrote this just before the latest polls, so doesn’t take into account the latest from…
OPINION Chris Trotter. It was a decent turnout for a cold winter’s night in the Auckland suburb of Three Kings.…
Opinion: Michael Swanson. I’ve now covered four of the six parties (National still to come) in the New Zealand Parliament,…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Green Party has joined the calls for an independent Parliamentary Budget Office to provide impartial costings of…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com National is continuing to pressure Labour over what it calls an $18.2 billion fiscal hole, accusing Chris Hipkins…
OPINION: Peter Williams How a clever campaign could help derail Chris Bishop There’s an intriguing campaign underway to try and…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com National is promising to permanently double core funding for the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust, pitching the…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Labour has released its party list for the November election, confirming a slate that includes 30 newcomers…
By Michael Swanson. With the November election now firmly in view, Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered a Budget that didn’t…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. After being all about budget, budget, and more budget over the past fortnight…I decided to look at…
By Zoya Mateen/BBC News Delhi Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach. A satirical collective that takes inspiration…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com The political fight over Labour’s proposed New Zealand Future Fund has sharpened, with Labour leader Chris Hipkins…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com National MP Simeon Brown says Labour has reached “a new frontier” in avoiding scrutiny over its proposed…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Government is pressing ahead with new police “move‑on” powers despite warnings from its own agencies that…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Australia’s latest Federal Budget has landed to a chorus of both applause and frustration, as households, businesses,…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. Are most parties a little bit populist now? As New Zealand heads into the 2026 general election,…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa‑Kingi has confirmed she is leaving Te Pāti Māori and will contest…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Why are voters really abandoning traditional political parties? Election results, last week, confirmed a trend that seems…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The sudden enthusiasm among some commentators for a Labour–National “Grand Coalition” is being sold as a pragmatic…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com A political idea once considered unthinkable — a Labour–National “Grand Coalition” — is suddenly being floated as…
By Michael Swanson Should Labour extend an olive branch to The Opportunity Party? There’s a pretty strong case for such…
Opinion: Ani O’Brien The sudden enthusiasm for a “Grand Coalition” between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand National Party is…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com ACT is sharpening its case for a dedicated overstayer enforcement unit, after senior Labour MP Phil Twyford…
In brief The bigger question NZ First has drawn the line. Winston Peters has unequivocally ruled out forming any kind…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com. The National Party has filed a formal complaint with TVNZ alleging inappropriate behaviour by its reporters following…
Opinion: Rodney Hide On Tuesday 21 April 2026, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called for a formal confidence vote in his…