The Bulletin: Swings and roundabouts in National reshuffle

Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Some win, some lose from National reshuffle, End of Life choice bill facing crucial vote tonight, and Luxon-ad supporter lobbies against predatory lending controls. In any reshuffle, for someone to move up, someone else has got to go down. So it has been with the National … Read more

The world’s most dangerous drug has arrived in New Zealand

A freakishly potent opioid has been discovered at a music festival in New Zealand. What is it, and what does its presence in this country mean?  What’s all this then? Fentanyl, a drug responsible for thousands upon thousands of overdose deaths in the US and Europe, has been discovered at a festival in New Zealand.  … Read more