Budget policy is often considered the supreme discipline of elected parliaments and local councils. But citizens selected by lot are increasingly being involved in decisions on this matter.

What happens in your brain when you read? And can it help you navigate real life? This is what science tells us.

The Education Minister says information about the feedback she personally gave on curriculum changes "does not exist", amid accusations of a culture of secrecy.

Labour wants to structurally separate groceries duopoly; National wants to break up Foodstuffs; But will either actually happen? It’ll be hard without lobbyist & donor reform; NZ First loves vitamins

The 'four wellbeings' aren't just a political football – they're a vital part of what councils do best.

As fuel prices surge, electric vehicles are helping to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from New Zealand's overseas oil bill.

Now Available! The second edition of Democracy Beyond Elections: A Handbook on Citizens’ Assemblies is now available to download for free. Around the world, Citizens’ Assemblies are demonstrating what...

The 2026 Democracy Monitor shows that most people in Germany want to retain representative democracy – but they also want to be meaningfully involved between elections. The Belgian historian David Van...

Ahead of the 2026 General Election, scheduled for Saturday 7 November, the Science Media Centre asked political parties about their science policies. Responses to all 12 questions on science policy an...

The ACT Party wants to wind up the Waitangi Tribunal, saying its contemporary inquiries have become increasingly ideological and expansive.

Waikato University is asking for millions of dollars in ratepayer subsidies for its new medical school, but one Hamilton councillor says it is a central government issue and ratepayers should not foot...