
National rules out coalition with NZ First
The National Party under Simon Bridges's leadership is ruling out New Zealand First as a coalition partner following the 2020 election.Bridges made the announcement at the start of the party's election year caucus retreat, in Havelock North, this afternoon.“A vote for NZ First is...

Barry Colman sells his last title: The Capital Letter
Millionaire business news and commercial publisher Barry Colman has sold boutique legal newsletter The Capital Letter, the last remaining publication in his once large stable of titles.The sale to Freeman Media, an online news and events company, ends an involvement in publishing...

Pattrick Smellie: OPINION: A strange bedfellow and a tenuous lifeline at Ratana for Bridges
National Party leader Simon Bridges was thrown an unlikely, admittedly tenuous, lifeline at today's annual political pilgrimage to the seat of the Ratana church, a traditional Labour Party bastion.That lifeline came in the form of an unexpected endorsement by the Green Party's Ja...

Complacency leaves NZ 'exposed' to global corruption
New Zealand's government and business communities are failing to drive value for the country from its ongoing status as one of the least corrupt countries in the world, says the head of Transparency International New Zealand, Suzanne Snively.New Zealand emerges first equal with D...