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Hipkins’ Gall in Promising a ‘New’ Labour: Same Old Hypocrisy from the Chipster
Hipkins had his shot as PM and it was a dud. Kiwis saw through the spin then, and they’ll do it again in 2026. Save your breath, Chris. No one’s buying.
Government unveils app, but next year it becomes New Zealand’s digital ID platform
An “important milestone.”
Parliament considers sweeping new powers over social media as Australia’s under-16 ban takes effect
The report lands just as Australia becomes the first country to roll out a nationwide social-media ban for under-16s.
Late MP’s texts contradict Kapa-Kingi’s spending agreement claims
“I can’t afford another transfer of $45k that’s just ridiculous..."
School flagged for $18k Queenstown getaway while students got mouldy meals
They were attending a conference.
Deputy PM unloads on the UN: ‘The UN’s a joke’
“It’s just a bunch of activists who didn’t get a hearing in their own country going and lecturing others."
US proposes sweeping data-harvesting rules for visitors under visa-waiver scheme
Five years of social media history could be subject to scrutiny.
Trump orders rapid review of US childhood vaccine schedule as CDC advisers drop Hep B-at-birth guidance
A "comprehensive evaluation" has been ordered.
Indy journalist leaks emails backing up allegations against Willie Jackson
The public “deserved to know.”
The Most Important Lesson For Your Child’s Future
Maybe you don’t want this to be true and I understand this sentiment because you are nice. But it is true. Your child’s world will not be nice, so the time for being nice is over.
How the Anglo-Saxon Tried to Save Europe from Itself
And save the Anglo-Saxon from left-wing Europe.
Why Piers Morgan Spits On The Grave of The West
Don’t for a second believe the Anglo lie that supporting their global regime is the same as defending the West. Our great-grandparents decided that question 80 years ago when they chose to destroy Europe, and Anglos like Piers Morgan will happily spit on its grave.
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How Not to Get Fooled: Picture This [Updated]
Data visualisation is a useful tool which can easily be twisted into fake news.
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 21 – Geoff Upson
Geoff has spent years waging a one-man war on crumbling roads, bureaucratic inertia and the maddening gap between what officials promise and what actually gets fixed.
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 20 – Jillaine Heather
In Episode 20 of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam sits down with Free Speech Union CEO Jillaine Heather, a forthright voice in New Zealand’s free-expression battles.
Hipkins’ Gall in Promising a ‘New’ Labour: Same Old Hypocrisy from the Chipster
Hipkins had his shot as PM and it was a dud. Kiwis saw through the spin then, and they’ll do it again in 2026. Save your breath, Chris. No one’s buying.
Nicola Willis’s Blunder: Handing Ruth Richardson a Megaphone She Doesn’t Deserve
How National’s political brains trust missed this is baffling. It is straight out of the playbook. Remember Ronald Reagan’s killer line from 1980: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Swap in two years and it fits New Zealand like a glove.
Europe’s Forgotten Miracle – Madeira
This should not be treated as an exotic exception. It should be the rule.
Offence Can Only Be Taken, Not Given
When we forget that offence is taken, not given, we trade our emotional autonomy for a fragile comfort – and in doing so, we risk silencing not only those we disagree with, but ultimately, ourselves.
Another Dismal Poll for National: Luxon Sinks Further as Election Looms
National cannot keep pretending everything is fine. This poll is a wake-up call, if they have not hit snooze too many times already. With 2026 looming, they better find some spine or prepare for a long stint in opposition.
Willie Jackson’s MUMA Mess: McCarten Drops the Boardroom Bomb on Hipkins; Legacy Media Still Snoozing
Every day the legacy media buries its head, it’s another kick in the guts for those MUMA workers suffering in silence. They’ve abrogated their duty to hold power to account, preferring cosy chats with the powerful over gritty truth-telling.
Why Is the Right Promoting Idleness?
The very worst thing we can do is to continue down the current path of welfarism and creeping UBI. As a society we need to provide help for those whose jobs disappear to retrain and look for the new opportunities that will arise.
Argentina’s Rocky Road to Freedom
Will Milei and his program of real economic freedom be given a full chance, not just for two years but for an entire decade or even longer? For that is the timeframe needed for the transition to a free market economy.
The Most Impactful Events of 2025: Charlie Kirk
I believe that, a decade down the road, it will be clear that 2025 was a turning point for the better.
A Different Incovenient Truth (This One Is True)
Here’s the conclusion no one on the megaphone side wants to say out loud: We were sold an apocalypse that hasn’t arrived, at a price that could have ended real, visible, human suffering many times over, to justify a level of societal control that has no end date.
This Is a World Record in Hypocrisy
Guinness World Records has just set a new standard – a world record in cowardice and moral bankruptcy.
The Global Rise of Online Speech Policing
Governments are tightening control over what citizens can say online. The worldwide slide toward punishing speech has profound consequences for open societies.
Govt Must Act On Puberty Blockers
Family First’s position remains that there should be an immediate end to new prescribing of puberty blockers due to the clear lack of quality probative evidence of efficacy and safety.
They Must Guard Against Civil Unrest, Not Create It
The proposed changes to the Human Rights Act are not progressive, they are regressive. They undermine biological reality, jeopardise fairness and risk creating new injustices in the name of solving old ones.
Mark, You Are off the Mark – Again
We want a safe, strong, united New Zealand – where immigrants are welcome only if they assimilate. Where Christian heritage is honoured – not erased. Where our children grow up Kiwis – not strangers in their own land. We do not apologise for standing.
We’re Sparking a the Conversation
The Rainbow Mafia is real. They doxx, threaten and get people fired for their beliefs.
Te Pāti Māori’s Gravy Train Exposed – And They’re Spitting Tacks
We are one people, one vote, one law and one flag.
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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.
Six Years Ago My Life Changed
I’ve had years of failure, hurt, pain and suffering but I always get up in the morning and move forwards. Six years ago my life changed and it has cost me everything. Here’s why.
The Fault Lines from Washington Are Felt around the World
From free speech to NZ politics, events in Washington are reverberating around the world.
Back to the Basement for Joe
Looks like it’s back to the basement for Senile Joe. The presidential incumbent and Democrat candidate for this year’s election has ducked out of a campaign visit to a battleground state, after testing positive for Covid. Which is odd, because Biden is fully boosted with the Covid vaccination,
It’s Good to Be the Ruling Elite
If there’s one thing the new elite are good at, it’s looking after themselves. ’Twas ever thus, of course, but to damn them with faint praise, the old money at least had some vague notions of noblesse oblige. Today’s elites have only one moral compass: gimme, gimme,
Time for a Reality Check
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. In the recent European Parliamentary elections, where
Wayne Brown to Auckland Transport: Shaddap You Face
Auckland Mayor, Wayne Brown, has channelled Joe Dolce and basically told Auckland Transport to “shut up and listen”. They seem to lack ears, so it will remain to be seen if Wayne Brown can make them listen to Aucklanders’ concerns over Auckland Transport.
Wily Winston Far Too Clever for Bob Carr and David Parker
Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr was recently in New Zealand at the behest of the Labour Party and spoke at a meeting organised by them. In his speech he lambasted the Government and Winston Peters for entertaining becoming part of AUKUS.