Doubts about Billy Te Kahika's military and police background claims Martin Van Beynen The leader of the fringe New Zealand Public Party says he is a politician who doesn’t lie but doubts have emerged over his claims about his military and police background. Billy Te Kahika, who is standing in the Māori seat of Te Tai Tokerau and has linked up with Jamie-Lee Ross’ Advance Party, is filling halls around the country with...

The hysteria around the Cannabis legalisation & control referendum threatens to unhinge the conservative blogerati. Your correspondent doesn’t pretend not to hold a bias on the subject but would like to get the history behind the drug & its use out in the open. From the time of European settlement there was no NZ legislation covering the growing, supply or use of indian Hemp as cannabis was then known.  Indeed...

Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern backs Winston Peters on 'trust' after poll Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into bat for NZ First leader Winston Peters after a poll found 59 per cent of voters did not trust him. The 1News Colmar Brunton poll asked voters whether they trusted the leaders of each political party. Eight-two per cent of those polled said they trusted Ardern – but Peters got the lowest trust score...