A few weeks ago I attended Raf Manji's second public meeting in Ilam. My expectations were skeptical. What I found intrigued me.

I respond to the well thought out report on MMP from the other week by imploring our Parliament to, as a wise man once said, "go nut-nut".

This election is important, and so you would think both major parties would be putting in their best bids to win the Treasury benches. Nah.

A headline to break Mike Hosking's pokerface with tears of joy. Labour have lost a lot of their top people: by now, who's left to govern?

A rather belated retrospective on Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister - how she led and what she meant in what she said and who she was.

Although the outcome is not in too much doubt, the 2024 Republican primary is still attracting more candidates than expected. Let's looksee!

Okay first things first I want it known for the record that I didn't do that to the sign!!! Anyway: Ellie does amateur political journalism.

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

I have no animus against TOP and I hope they make it into Parliament this year. Their new policy announcement...doesn't give me confidence.

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!

A year in which nobody voted in local elections, I made some high-variance guesses, and [REDACTED] went on InfoWars and said [REDACTED]?!

If you want to catch up on various bits and bobs that the media covered well in 2022, look no further than here for this year's collection.

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....

No, this isn't World War Three. This is still really, really bad. Once Putin has bossed Ukraine into submission, what will he do?