OPINION: Winston Peters has caught the zeitgeist of a new generation of voters. They are not centrist because he doesn’t need them to be.
OPINION: This may be unexpected from a ‘right of centre’ column, but I have sympathy for maintaining the post as an essential government service.
OPINION: We need to pay more attention to the possible degrading of our constitutional conventions.
OPINION: ...or the beginning of Labour’s big tax reform?
OPINION: Fixing immigration settings won’t solve our economic woes, but it would definitely help.
OPINION: Throwing money at a problem appears to be the go-to solution for Labour Party.
OPINION: Politics and setting a budget is as much about responding to events as it is about planning the direction of travel.
OPINION: Campaign is living proof not all publicity is good publicity as it misses intended target.
OPINION: PM Chris Hipkins must provide something on Budget Day to demonstrate type of New Zealand he wants to lead.
OPINION: After a glory few years of public servants being told to find any opportunity anywhere to spend money, they are now being asked for budget cuts.