In the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, although short on specifics, candidates rally around an anti-government message.
Whatanui Flavell, the son of Te Ururoa Flavell, an early Māori Party MP said he would vote for Oriini Kaipara, not because of her policies, but tactically.
A prominent Māori legal scholar now says international human rights law is getting in the way of Māori self-governance, because it treats everyone equally.
Associate Professor Andrew Erueti’s new research laments that principles like non-discrimination and one law for all are being used to oppose Māori-specific policies and constitutional claims.
A new Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll shows overwhelming public support for a law to cap annual local council rate hikes, with 64 percent of voters in favour and just 22 percent opposed.
Support crossed every political, regional, gender, and age demographic, including a majority of Labour, Green, and Te Pāti Māori voters.
A leaked Health NZ strategy paper reveals plans to reduce graduate nurses’ working hours and slash clinical training, prompting warnings from the nurses’ union that the agency is “gaming” the numbers to give the illusion of progress while undermining care standards and pushing new nurses abroad.
The government has announced that foreign investors with New Zealand’s top-tier investor visa will soon be allowed to purchase one luxury home, reversing part of a longstanding ban on overseas residential property buyers.
The Active Investor Plus visa grants residency to foreigners who invest at least $5 million directly into the New Zealand economy.
A US federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to impose many of his sweeping global tariffs, declaring the measures “unbounded in scope” and beyond presidential powers under existing law.
The 7–4 decision targets Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify tariffs, stating the statute contains no language about tariffs or taxation, nor does it include safeguards to limit presidential overreach.
