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S ome people are thinking of voting for Gareth Morgan on Saturday, and some already have. In a tight election and during a week when we’re celebrating the suffrage, that - arguably - doesn’t make a lot of sense, at least to anyone on the centre-left. ... Read more...

This is the second part in Scoop’s Opening the Election 2017 series on Open Government. If you are still wondering what open government is, and why it is important to NZ then the first article is a good start for you . Read more...

Medical Cannabis is a complex and often polarising issue. However, it was highly encouraging that there were some very strong areas of consensus among the 133 participants in this HiveMind exploration. It appears that a clear majority of respondents to ... Read more...

National 46% (+6) Labour 37% (-7) Green 8% (+1) NZ First 5% (-1) TOP 2% (NC) Maori Party 1% (NC) ACT 0.3% Don’t know 7% Refused 6% Read more...

There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Read more...

Pull Down That Statue of the U.S. Constitution By David Swanson http://davidswanson.org/pull-down-that-statue-of-the-u-s-constitution/ Read more...

Most women will agree that female representation in the media is incredibly important for a plethora of reasons, not only in media but as well as politics, and other platforms lacking opportunity for female participants. Providing women of all ages a strong ... Read more...

He was there with his entourage, a face unmoved bar the occasional muscle flex. “There’s Malcolm Turnbull!” exclaimed drinking companions at the Curtin on Melbourne’s famed Lygon Street, the artery of culinary matters Italian. Read more...

It seems to have reached a point of near exhaustion. What will the President of the United States do next? The money was on some diplomatic mayhem, a series of insults, and a trashing of various aspects of the organisation some Americans regard as a ... Read more...

F aith-based voting is the norm, in that we tend to select the election messages that best fit with our deeply held beliefs. Routinely, faith trumps the evidence. There is, for instance, a doctrine that says National is better at managing the economy, ... Read more...