Dunne's Weekly

In March this year, Straits Shipping, operators of the Bluebridge Cook Strait ferries, announced the purchase of a new ferry. The nearly 28,...

National Prime Ministers seem to have a thing about Wellington. In 2013 then Prime Minister John Key raised the ire of Wellington’s commun...

  Phase Two of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the government’s response to Covid19 and its effects got underway this week, with the ...

Symbolism over substance is a well-established political art. Sometimes symbolism is a substitute for decisive action, sometimes it is a way...

In politics, things often turn full circle. National's current musings about the future of regional councils following New Zealand First...

Health Minister Simeon Brown's desire to make greater use of private hospital capacity to bring down elective surgical waiting lists mak...

Being a backbench government Member of Parliament is at best a mixed blessing. On the one hand, there is the excitement of being part of t...