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Hipkins claims gold-plated MP retirement perk helps prevent corruption
“Ultimately, it’s my money.”
TOP nears 5% after spending just $4,534 on Meta ads
What would that media exposure be worth if the party had to buy it?
Bishop knew National’s flagship roads did not stack up a year before retreat
“An attempt to recalibrate people’s expectations.”
As China pressures New Zealand, Labour backs new Pacific alliance
“No one should underestimate our resolve and capability.”
Looking Back
Is it wrong to look back with nostalgia to a time when young people still had faith in the future?
The Global Stumble Toward Online Fascism
The ban on under-16s using social media is doomed to never, ever, work.
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 36 – Alon Roth-Snir
In a wide-ranging interview, Israel's Ambassador to New Zealand shares his life story, the reality of living under constant threat and why innovation and positive engagement offer the best hope for the region.
The House of Temperance
We increasingly lack in public life a true sense of honour among those who are meant to serve us, not rule over us. There is nothing sober about a government that allows itself to become deformed through the tendency to tyrannical rule.
Alice in Hydrogen Land
When you see excited chats about the glories of hydrogen in the media, bear in mind that hydrogen as a fuel was created as a political response to the politically induced problem of the huge variability of solar and wind.
Prebble’s Poll Puzzle: Winston Still Holds the Cards in a Muddy Election
The only politician who can sit back with any real confidence right now is Winston Peters. Everyone else still has an election to win and the cards have not finished falling.
Wednesday Weapons
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The Woke Indoctrination Of Trainee Teachers
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Michael Laws Analyses The Latest RNZ Opinion Poll
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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.