You will never stop idiots killing themselves and others with bad decision making. But there is irrefutable proof that good road design reduces accidents and death Julie-Anne Genter's 'evidence based' road toll reduction program is working as well as we predicted.  Meanwhile Julie-Anne blames the consultation she requested for her failure to deliver.

Peter Dunne article... Rather, National needs to be looking to the lessons successful modern conservative parties elsewhere provide. Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union in Germany, which has been in office since 1982 on a platform of liberal conservatism, is an obvious example. So too would be Britain’s Conservative Party under David Cameron (not its present

Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, has said a vaccine for widespread use is unlikely to be available before spring next year  Even this would be an incredible achievement: on average, he said, it takes 10 years to produce a new vaccine from scratch. The IMF's dire economic forecasts for NZ show

The trouble with trouble is you can easily over analysis it. National gathered today for what will be a forlorn old caucus meeting. They’ll have picked over the entrails as to just what went wrong. And the risk they run right now is to fail to grasp, although some things unquestionably went wrong, the stuff

FOR:  The greens will bring in left-wing policies like a wealth tax which Labour had to deny to retain their middle ground swing voter support AGAINST:  If Labour wants a 3rd term they have to stay in the middle so won't want radical left wing politics. OUR VIEW:  There will be a coalition as Labour

Anyone know what the National plan is now? How do we open borders? How do we restore the economy? How do we support business owners to generate wealth? How do we remove the Auckland, Tauranga, and Hamilton gridlock? How do we increase productivity? How do we police gangs so gang numbers reduce? How do we

Covid, a left leaning press (there are reports online RNZ staff were celebrating the Labour win - inexcusable), and poor National Leadership / campaigning have delivered NZ a majority Labour Government. Are voter's memories that short that they forgot the many Labour Party failures pre-covid, and is their understanding of the significance of NZ's economy

The double-dip recession could coincide with a slew of business failures. Credits: Newshub Economists are predicting a double-dip recession in New Zealand's COVID-19 economic recovery; first, the country will see a dip in the economy followed by a rebound and now there's a new warning a second dip will be seen. The second dip is

With New Zealand's election just two days away, the rest of the world will cast their eyes on the outcome in part due to the international profile of Jacinda Ardern. The Labour leader had been widely praised initially for her handling of Covid-19 around the world, with many championing the country's strong lockdown approach, and

Newshub NZ'ers know the reason most people are fat is because they eat too much of the wrong foods, and they do not exercise.  Blaming society is an excuse. The issue with the 'can't offend anyone' social warrior culture is the acceptance of life threatening behaviours and the inability to criticize those who engage in

NEWSHUB OPINION: One week and one day out from the election, and it's been one helluva defining week for both the major parties. Jacinda Ardern and Labour - underwhelmingly safe, non-transformational, the incumbents. The Nats - all over the shop, rent a crowd, grumpy, losing, lashing out. And if anything screamed out that National missed

Camryn Brown Under Jacinda Ardern, Labour is fundamentally a do-nothing government. Both its success and its failures are directly attributable to its ability to get nothing done. While it’s reasonable to be grateful for the health impacts of Covid-19 being so close to nothing, voters should only give Labour another three years if they want