The ERO has done a report on the impact of removing cellphones from schools. Their major findings: Around eight in ten secondary leaders (83 percent) and teachers (79 percent) report prohibiting phone ...

For more than 20 years, temporary traffic management (TTM) in New Zealand has been guided by the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (COPTTM). This 567-page tome lays out in painstaking ...

Cabinet has agreed to introduce new safeguards on the prescribing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, while ensuring patients with medical needs can continue to access appropriate care, ...

By Lucy Rogers Today I was the latest recipient in a series of antisemitic postcards which have been sent to members of the Jewish community and allies across NZ over the last few weeks in an attempt ...

A fascinating paper about the potential threat AI can pose to online research panels. The advancement of large language models poses a severe, potentially existential threat to online survey research, ...

Newsroom has an article on the 10 SOEs that a Government could sell. I've done a matrix looking at which could be best to sell. The competitive column is on whether those companies face much ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that four Uber drivers are employees of Uber, despite written agreements they are contractors, not employees. The practical effect of this decision is terrible. Uber has ...

Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee is eyeing a tightening of attendance and dress standards in Parliament, following new te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara’s maiden speech which ended with Parliament ...

The Tamihere faction of Te Pati Maori may end up the victors, but a pyrrhic victory. I understand that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is consulting her electorate over the next two weeks on whether she ...

When Andrew Little was elected Wellington mayor six weeks ago, lefties on social media celebrated. ... Andrew Little is in the excellent position of having five loyal Labour councillors on his side, ...

The NRL's first openly gay player has slammed the NZ Breakers as "cowards" for not wearing the rainbow Pride flag in next year's NBL Pride Round. The Breakers are the second club to opt out of the ...