Move-on Powers: Govt Ignored Homelessness Warnings
Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and Treasury warned them. The Government pushed ahead with move-on powers anyway.

Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and Treasury warned them. The Government pushed ahead with move-on powers anyway.

The Government created the conditions for homelessness. Now it wants police powers to move rough sleepers and beggars out of sight. Even Chris Bishop says parts breach protected rights.

Maiki Sherman’s real mistake wasn’t what she said. It was letting the Government hold leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year.

Is this really about Maiki Sherman, or part of a wider push to weaken TVNZ ahead of privatisation?

National wants the media frightened, obedient and apologetic. The question is whether TVNZ still remembers what journalism is for.

The Police Commissioner says nothing was hidden. The emails suggest otherwise — and the deeper this goes, the worse it looks.

When a Political Editor apologises to a Police Minister for journalism, it’s not a mistake — it’s a warning. So what happens if no one is held accountable?

A political editor apologising to a minister for telling the truth? That’s not journalism — that’s something else entirely.

Trump escalates, Brian Tamaki rants about makeup, and drug use soars while Ministers call it success. This is the War on News.

As cocaine and meth use surge, critics argue New Zealand’s crime policies are failing to confront the real drivers of organised crime.