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When You Are Not Qualified
Like Jason Arday, Christopher Luxon was promoted well beyond his competence.
‘Who knows?’: Willie Jackson opens door to smaller land tax deal with Opportunity
Labour’s hard no on a land tax suddenly sounds negotiable.
Climate change label dropped from curriculum, but underlying science remains
The label is gone, but the lessons have not disappeared.
Stanford slips out back door as Luxon refuses to clear her over failed coup
Stanford says Luxon has her support, but still will not face questions.
TVNZ’s ‘super-Māori’ message enters court spotlight
TVNZ may soon have to defend its own newsroom’s attitudes towards race.
When You Are Not Qualified
Like Jason Arday, Christopher Luxon was promoted well beyond his competence.
For Whom the Poll Tolls
National’s poll numbers will certainly decline from this point onward; the only uncertainty is whether that support goes to ACT and New Zealand First so something can be salvaged from this disaster.
Thoughts on the Surveillance Grid
Person-level persistent surveillance is only one aspect of the enormous surveillance grid being built around us. Every bit of data will be used in some way.
No Winston, This Is His Country Too
Radically reducing immigrant arrivals and visa restrictions is one thing, but rounding up people who may have been in the country for decades because they don’t ‘look like a Kiwi’ is quite another – and a much more horrifying – story.
Breaking Down Comrade Mamdani’s 30% Discount
The socialists finally got what they wanted: they’re in power, in the spotlight. And they’re about to prove once and for all that their entire ideology is a complete and total disaster.
Winning: Green Hydrogen Is a Dirty Word
Angus Taylor said taxpayers’ were forking out for an “empty room” in Fiji when power bills were up by a record 40 per cent and a record number of households were on hardship plans.
China’s Shills All Come for Winston
Clark and Brash have spent years insisting we must never upset China. They treat any criticism of Beijing as dangerous. Peters said out loud what many New Zealanders think.
Back in the USSR
Do you think that New York Mayor Mamdani’s socialist government grocery stores will work like those in capitalist countries or like those in the defunct Soviet Union?
Manly Monday
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We Weren’t Expecting THIS in Christchurch…
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Catching Kahawai & Making Fresh Fish Dumplings
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Editors’ Picks
How High Did the Grooming Cover Up Go?
UK PM implicated in Muslim child-rape gang scandal.
Most of the Covid Tyrants Are Gone, What Next?
Ardern, Biden and Trudeau are now gone. But where to from here?
Continued Contempt of Parliament from Te Pāti Māori
If they don’t like the institution of parliament and its standing orders, then they can always go back to the mat.