A $200 million insurance settlement for earthquake damage to Canterbury schools is an important confidence boost to the education sector in the region says Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee, Education Minister Hekia Parata and […]
David Cunliffe needs to answer seven crucial questions at his photo-opportunity today if he is to start the year with any credibility at all with New Zealanders, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says. How […]
By Michael Baines Like all issues, the debate over creating some controls on the commercial operation ofbaches by local authorities is the tip of the iceberg. It is a case of seeing the symptom as […]
THINK BEYOND THE HEADLINES It would be fascinating to know just what role mental health medication played in the family murder suicide tragedy that unfolded in Dunedin recently. There was one brief mention in the […]
DEAD MAYOR WALKING AUCKLAND’S LEN BROWN AND THE WOMAN WHO’S BRINGING HIM DOWN (It’s not who you think) Auckland mayor Len Brown is the man many dignitaries are probably wondering whether they should shake hands […]
RIGHT, SAID FRED Eat like a Flintstone WORDS BY MATTHEW WISHART You are tracking a wild boar through the bush. Clasping your stone-tipped spear with one hand and a crude rock in the other, you […]
SNARE CON How a National Cabinet Minister was caught making false statements about the book ‘Air Con’ Imagine what would happen if you caught a National Government cabinet minister spouting the party line on climate […]
TRUE BLUE Can Colin Craig help keep the Nats honest? Numerous polls are suggesting Colin Craig’s Conservative Party may the third party National desperately needs to continue governing at this year’s election. What does Craig […]
WHAT’S UP, DoC? [full story leads the Feb/Mar 2014 print edition of Investigate in stores now] What if NZ’s entire conservation policy has been based on a massive mistake… For decades, New Zealand children have […]
In this week’s notables: GHOST SHIP PACKED WITH CANNIBAL RATS The NSA can find out what you had for lunch Tuesday a week ago, but apparently they’ve been unable to find a 300ft long cruise […]
What determines surface temperature at any spot on earth? Apart from a tad of geothermal heat and a wisp of heat from nuclear power generators, every bit of surface energy (including coal and biomass) comes […]
Figures released by the Taxpayers’ Union show a cosy deal between Business New Zealand, the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) and ACC has cost ACC-levy payers $19 million since 2003. The documents, released today, show […]
Anyone who saw the frozen images of North America in 2014, and the climate change explorers trapped in Antarctica’s “summer” sea ice, might find our feature from July 2011 interesting reading: ICE ICE BABY […]
VALENTINA’S STORY STRANGLED ON AN AUCKLAND DOORSTEP, IGNORED BY POLICE March 2011 issue Valentina was a Russian bride, far from home. A child of the Cold War, born while wartime dictator Josef Stalin was still […]
Looking for the $99 special offer you heard on the radio, click here for the Newstalk ZB Ian Wishart Books special Or browse that bookshop link for other book combinations If you are looking just […]
TURKEYS VOTE IN FAVOUR OF EARLY CHRISTMAS Twelve years ago, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, commentator Mark Steyn coined the phrase “sleepwalking to national suicide” in relation to the West’s approach to its […]
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