Beyond Today: a values story is the Green party’s story. On the Greens’ fortieth birthday, it says Values is a history of which the party should be very proud, and values are the new politics
Read MoreAs they say, a week is a long time in politics
Read MoreElections in France and Greece challenge austerity policies; France's Hollande vows to renegotiate parts of the EU fiscal compact; political uncertainty in Greece threatens to unravel EU-IMF bailout plan; Chinese defense minister set to begin talks in Washington DC today; Korean Customs Service launches crackdown on trafficking of human-flesh capsules; Syrian voters head to the polls; Putin sworn into office for third term as Russian president; and more
Read MoreDebt's bad, right? So why is National asking our best and brightest to take on more if they want to get smarter?
Read MoreRodney Hide wisely has left Parliament behind him. But that doesn't mean he gets to pretend that he never was in Parliament.
Read MoreCould immigration policy save the French incumbent? Nicolas Sarkozy's political future is decided this weekend
Read MoreRepublicans are reacting badly to President Obama's apparent politicizing of foreign policy success...how extraordinary.
Read MoreAutumn has become a season of scandals and sideshows – John Key’s casino-convention centre “scandal”, the Banks-Dotcom donation “scandal”, the sideshow of the mythical David Shearer leadership challenge – all soon to be wiped away by the start of the main game: the defining Budget of 2012.
Read MoreNow we know why John Banks won't tell us about Kim Dotcom's donation. Blame the bloody lawyers ... again.
Read MoreJohn Banks' answers to the Dotcom donations have been incredible, but have left the Prime Minister with no choice but to back him. But the differing versions of events are so stark, let's not pretend that everyone can be telling the truth
Read MoreFears over military stoush between US and nuclear-ambitious Iran lessen; US and China plan talks over Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, now in US custody in Beijing; Japan and US to discuss further economic and defense ties; Sudan declares state of emergency; Spain's economy continues to contract; French journalist missing in Colombia, thought to have been abducted by FARC; and more
Read MoreKim Dotcom and John Banks have quite different stories about their relationship. It might matter an awful lot who is telling the truth.
Read MoreFive reasons why talk of turning ANZAC Day into our national day is not smart
Read MoreNew Zealand troops could be out of Afghanistan next year – but are we stumbling out of one ill-considered international military commitment straight into another, and what happens to our reconstruction and development commitment to the country our troops are leaving?
Read MoreDepressed and suicidal prisoners in New Zealand are placed in so-called 'at risk' cells where they are deprived of sleep and subjected to humiliating searches
Read MoreThat SkyCity deal is sweet as. The law hasn't been traded, more pokies won't do any harm and now that the government's saying it might walk away from the deal, well, that doesn't amount to a backdown. Yeah right.
Read MoreWith houses prices hitting new highs in our main cities, is the sense of economic gloom finally lifting from New Zealand? And what implications might that have for MPs?
Read MoreWhen National revealed its "law and order" policy before the last election, I wrote this post on it. Now that Judith Collins reportedly is preparing to introduce legislation to deliver that policy, here are some more thoughts.
Read MoreTelevision New Zealand and NZ On Air have managed to bring the pot of public broadcasting services back to the boil – one with its very commercial salaries, the other with more funding for “commercially attractive” local content.
Read MoreThe Crafar Farms sale has become a flashpoint for public concern over foreign ownership. As politicians figure out how to repsond, how can we keep the land without closing the door to business and trade?
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