MMP’s weird rule could hand an extra seat to Labour
A 2023 review recommended scrapping overhang seats altogether.
Centrist
Seymour rebuked over rogue UN letter response, Peters says ‘experience matters’
“This is a matter of experience... it’s called diplomacy.”
Rand Paul seeks criminal charges for Fauci over alleged lies and autopen pardon
“If the President didn’t authorise this pardon personally, then the Department has a duty to investigate.”
US rolls back COVID vaccines for healthy under-65s
“Even rare vaccine-related harms, both known and unknown, now have a higher chance of outweighing potential benefits in non-high-risk populations.”
Barbie’s newest doll includes insulin pump and glucose monitor
“Barbie helps shape children’s early perceptions of the world.”
Govt fund-backed online campaigns to ‘counter extremism’ revealed
Among the projects funded: bystander training to intervene in online “hate.”
Govt fund-backed online campaigns to ‘counter extremism’ revealed
Among the projects funded: bystander training to intervene in online “hate.”
Hipkins can’t outrun his COVID record
Summarised by Centrist Chris Hipkins is under pressure as the second COVID inquiry reopens public...
Douglas and MacCulloch revive radical tax shift to avoid ‘slow-motion car crash’
Summarised by Centrist A bold new plan from former Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas and...
NZ housing market flat as buyers stay away
Summarised by Centrist New Zealand house prices remained steady in June, according to the Real...
Pay equity reminds us of other ‘C-words’, including ‘contentious’
New Zealand's pay equity laws were meant to correct historic prejudice. But the system ballooned into an ideological industry that assumed discrimination wherever women outnumbered men by an arbitrary percentage. In addition to being contentious, it was costly and, in its one-sided logic, coercive.
‘Your caucacity never fails’: Tamihere fires race barb as Waipareira fights deregistration
The racism defense, again?
Sex, drugs and ‘pendulous soft breasts’: Chung’s crude email puts campaign on back foot
“I passed on exactly what I was told.”
NZ First leapfrogs ACT and Greens in latest Curia poll, reshaping coalition dynamics
The NZ First playbook appears to be working.
Waikato Regional Council quits LGNZ, citing cost and ‘left leaning’ political bias
The list is growing.
Did New Zealand’s COVID models overstate lives ‘saved’?
Only according to speculative modelling.