Politics

What the party leaders had to say on election night

First-time voter Church on how politics isn’t as distant as he once thought

The director of I Am Greta tells us why we need to stop being polite about climate change

I watched the Young Voters' Debate and was actually entertained

The six-month Covid rent freeze ends today, but rents are already going up. A lot.

I don't know anything about politics: what's up with the polls?

Cannabis users tell us why they smoke and how legalising might impact them

A visual history of Wellington’s anarchist house

I don't know anything about politics: how did the election just get moved?

I don’t know anything about politics: where do parties get all their money from?

I don't know anything about politics: what’s the deal with minor parties?

I don’t know anything about politics: what do the parties stand for?

Explainer: here's what you need to know about new National leader Judith Collins

A majority of NZers say they will vote to keep weed illegal

Black Lives Matter: The biggest march in Wellington in a decade

Some unis are bumping up grades because of Covid and students say it’s unfair

I don't understand the Budget so I got an economist to explain it to me

Who the heck is the new National Party leader Todd Muller

New Zealanders seem to hate beneficiaries. Is there hope that Covid will change that?

Explainer: Budget 2020 in the wake of Covid-19

‘We failed her’ - Young ACT vice president resigns after sexual harassment

Explainer: the cannabis referendum that could make weed legal in New Zealand

Students are refusing to pay rent for university accommodation they can’t use

Future essential workers are expected to live in poverty to get qualified

Students are fuming at the government's Covid-19 tertiary support package

Is it time for a Universal Basic Income?

Here’s what you need to know about the COVID-19 support package

If you want to become a model in New Zealand, you better not expect to get paid

Meet the teens chosen to run for Parliament before they could even vote

Illustrations of what I think about on Waitangi Day