A Minister has surprised everybody by changing parties. Three theories on why and thoughts on the impacts for Labour and Te Pāti Māori.

Grant Robertson raised the top tax bracket rate a few years ago for primarily political reasons. I explore the move, plus blog updates.

Audience, it's unofficially official: prepare to welcome the worst-dressed PM we've ever had. (It's that or brace for chaos.)

Following up on yesterday: who's out the race, who benefits, what are the wings of Labour, and how will their showdown redefine the party?

'Cos we just got John Key'd again. No time to reflect on Jacinda's legacy - what'll the race to replace look like and who'll be our next PM?

"What it is to have a great presence of mind and a crystal ball and not have to pay a cent for it." -Winston Peters.

Before I upload my own predictions for 2023, I'd like to look through Stuff's forecast and see how plausible it is. Come see how they did!

Without bias or hope, I believe that the Labour government is doomed at the next election. Let's document why, and how National could lose.

[Like many articles on here this may pop up as more recent than it was originally posted - for posterity's sake this went up 25/10/22....

The second year running of political awards. This year, we're not confined to Aotearoa anymore - Frozen Peaches is going international!

I finished writing all this leadership speculation, checked the news and found the race ended 20 minutes ago in a way I didn't predict. FML.

Breaking news! National leadership ructions! The sun rose this morning, the earth is turning, people need air to breathe and water is wet.

In 2017, Jacinda Ardern brought stability and unity to a warring Labour Party...but she will want to move on at some point. What comes next?

I haven’t seen any real evidence that we as a nation are especially sick of lockdowns. How have things gotten any worse than in 2020?

In which I accomplish the rare feat of getting annoyed at the government, the opposition, parents, rainbow advocates and allies all at once.

Hate speech laws are overblown by their detractors and overrated by their supporters. Warning: this article uses slurs for LGBTQ+ people.

For two months, the outgoing Prime Minister of Samoa drove an electoral crisis in Samoa. Aotearoa should care about this Pacific neighbour.

The Capitol riot drew unprecedented condemnation from almost every quarter. Why has it taken this long for anybody to try to restrain Trump?

What if somebody delivered the actual policies Americans want? What if a Republican cast aside their corporate greed and pursued pure power?

Stuff & The Spinoff have been doing 2020 political awards. My challenge: to recognise only figures who haven’t received an award yet.