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A priority of the Conservative Party is for a Royal Commission of Inquiry – to examine and rectify failings which emerge within the NZ Police. A decline in confidence, trust and respect for the police across New Zealand, has been a noticeable trend over recent years. Failed performances by police include the period of escalating shop facility armed robberies and Ram Raids resulting in serious injury and on occasions death of shop workers, and…

Susan Kokinda argues that new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's inaugural press conference signaled a break with the Phillips Curve "cruel choice" doctrine, insisting strong growth, low prices, and high employment are compatible through productivity-led expansion. By Susan Kokinda · Published: June 24, 2026 Reading Time: 10 min · She highlights Warsh's rejection of forward guidance and his call for markets to focus on incoming data from…

You have probably heard computer analogies used to explain how DNA works. Computers have properties that are fixed by precise programming and hardware. In these analogies, DNA is characterised as a set of complex instructions which are transcribed into proteins which in turn perform physiological functions that are specified by the genetic sequences stored in the DNA. Thus the public have come to think of DNA as a set of instructions or a…

As Chris Hipkins seeks a return to power, voters are being asked to look forward. But before New Zealand moves on, it is worth remembering what happened when Labour last held the reins. Report by eLocal · The latest RNZ/The Conversation article asks what Hipkins can learn from the downfall of former British Labour prime minister Keir Starmer. It focuses on leadership, voter fragmentation, and the pressures now facing social-democratic parties.…

By Soumya Bhamidipati, Journalist · A New Zealander accused of sharing violent extremist material and objectionable content online is now facing additional charges in Australia. · The 24-year-old was initially charged by Australian Federal Police in February, after he arrived at Perth Airport on a flight from overseas. · During a bag exam, Australian Border Force officers found videos on his phone of multiple "violent killings overseas linked…

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to one count in a federal classified documents case, admitting to unlawfully retaining national defense information after prosecutors accused him of keeping highly sensitive material at his Maryland home. Bolton entered the plea in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang. The guilty plea covered count 12 of an 18-count indictment,…

The US has conducted airstrikes in Iran for the first time since a preliminary peace agreement was signed on June 17. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said American aircraft struck missile sites, drone storage facilities and radar installations on Friday in response to a drone attack on the Singaporean-flagged commercial vessel M/V Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. · “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by…

The West is scrambling to shore up Kiev with fresh funding and political backing as EU leaders gather in Poland for the Ukraine Recovery Conference, billed as a key forum for rebuilding the country amid the conflict with Russia. · But instead of reconstruction, the summit has been dominated by rows over Nazi collaborators and corruption. · As the conference got underway on Wednesday, RT looked at the controversies that are eroding support for…

Russia gains control of another village in a key border region, with its forces also hitting multiple military targets across Ukraine with group strikes over the course of the past week. · The death toll in Venezuela climbs to almost 600 people - with thousands more injured - in the deadliest earthquakes the country has seen in a century. People continue to desperately search for loved ones buried under masses of rubble. · A rally marking the…

As Keir Starmer prepares to leave the UK’s highest office after less than two years, the media has lined up to explain why he failed to deliver on the enormous hype he received as opposition leader and during his initial months in office. A repeated trope has been that Starmer was a “decent man,” but simply not cut out for mainstream politics. However, his record of concealing the UK establishment’s repulsive crimes – be that serial child sex…