Anne K. Rutherford

Anne K. Rutherford
Aug 31, 2026

OPINION: Paul Goldsmith wants New Zealanders to become familiar with move-on orders. Come election time, those orders may follow him all the way back to the Beehive. Newsletter Banner Weekly…

Anne K. Rutherford
Aug 18, 2026

OPINION: Opportunity Party’s surge in the polls is being presented as evidence that New Zealand voters are ready for something new. The more important question is what happens when a…

Sam Hudson, Anne K. Rutherford
Aug 15, 2026

OPINION: There comes a point when a political talking point has been disproved so thoroughly that continuing to repeat it becomes impossible to defend as simple political spin. New Zealand…

Anne K. Rutherford
Aug 10, 2026

Video: ACT leader David Seymour used his 2026 State of the Nation speech to argue his party was delivering measurable gains across government, with claims now tested against official evidence.…

Anne K. Rutherford
Aug 2, 2026

OPINION: A claim circulating within the media orbit Labour risks electoral defeat by being too responsible and refusing to over-promise gets the political mood wrong. After years of expensive announcements,…

Anne K. Rutherford
Jul 24, 2026

New Zealand is no longer dealing with a single, isolated warning. Two wild birds have now tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, confirming the virus…

Anne K. Rutherford
Jul 7, 2026

OPINION: Winston Peters wants to draw a harder line around democracy in New Zealand. It is a dangerous and reckless move, and he should feel ashamed of himself. Newsletter Banner…

Anne K. Rutherford
May 30, 2026

OPINION: If the phone rang tomorrow and the voice on the other end belonged to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, I’d let it go straight to voicemail. Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter…

Anne K. Rutherford
Mar 25, 2026

Anti-co-governance campaigner Julian Batchelor has failed in his defamation action against TVNZ, with a judge ruling the broadcaster and a researcher acted within the law. Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter Stay…

Anne K. Rutherford
Mar 24, 2026

ACT Deputy Leader and Tāmaki MP Brooke van Velden will not seek re-election at this year’s general election, confirming she is stepping away from Parliament after nearly a decade in…

Anne K. Rutherford

Paul Goldsmith wants move-on orders. Perhaps it is time he faced a move-on order of his own

Opportunity Party’s rise raises a bigger question about political accountability

Billy Brown continues clinging to the big Marsden Point closure lie

David Seymour wants the credit. He must take the questions too

Chris Hipkins has the plan and Labour’s responsibility could help

Bird Flu is here. Will the Government act before it reaches humans?

Winston Peters’ voting crackdown is a dangerous attack on belonging, he should feel ashamed

If Christopher Luxon called me tomorrow, I wouldn’t pick up

Court throws out Julian Batchelor defamation claim against TVNZ

ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden to quit politics, won’t recontest Tāmaki seat