Dunne's Weekly

The last few weeks of coalition negotiations have been reminiscent of the Mainland Cheese advertisement on television, where the cheesemaker...

Over 2,500 years ago the legendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu observed that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a sin...

  This coming weekend the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the United Fire Brigades Association will take place in Wellington. It wi...

The essence of politics is often described as about the contest of ideas. But really the political process is primarily about the pursuit an...

In the wake of last week's election some have asked why no consideration has been given to a grand coalition between National and Labour...

The last National Party campaign leaflet received in my letterbox this week urged me to "Please party vote National". Unlike the b...

It has not been a good week for civil liberties in New Zealand. First was the Police’s confirmation that their Tactical Response model lau...