Law firm under fire for warning doctors on gender treatments
“The hostile attention to this client service is peculiar.”
Centrist
Pharmacists revolt over ‘racist, woke’ cultural mandates—Minister steps in
"Racism on steroids."
Waitangi Day: A manufactured cycle of outrage
Waitangi Day has become a ritual of outrage—activists set the terms, the media amplifies grievance, and dissenters are cast as villains.
State media’s version of Kāinga Ora tenant evictions
State media frames Kāinga Ora evictions as government failures, and seems to expect the state to provide housing indefinitely, for free, if tenants won’t pay the already subsidised amount.
Behind the Scarelines: sometimes big numbers don’t really mean much
Are reports of Greenland losing 30 million tonnes of ice per hour as alarming as they sound? A closer look at the numbers tells a very different story.
Christchurch tops council confidence rankings—so why the negative spin?
This seems a good example of subtle but pervasive media bias at work.
Bureaucracy is strangling New Zealand’s growth potential
“But changing bureaucracy takes more than speeches."
Shane Jones: ‘Woke Māori’ can dish it out but can’t take it
"Of what relevance is the debate of what happened between 1840 and 1855?"
US Embassy pulls funding from NZ education provider after demands for course materials and participant list
“Terminated by mutual agreement.”
Artificial sweeteners may increase heart disease risk by triggering insulin surges
“Artificial sweeteners, particularly aspartame, may contribute to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.”
New Zealand’s political elite: a corrupt inner circle
“Appointments made in Wellington are just so corrupt it’s beyond belief.”
The real culprit behind high cholesterol isn’t your diet
“Cholesterol itself is not harmful."
China’s surprise live-fire naval drills near NZ and Australia spark security fears
“We haven’t been given a reason as to why they’re here..."
Arson attack highlights the deadly risk of electric car fires
Seven incendiary devices were reportedly planted under multiple vehicles.
Yale study links mRNA Covid vaccines to potential post-vaccination syndrome
"We would like to expand our research to a larger cohort and validate our current findings."
Whistleblower advocate: Government cover-up and retaliation in Census data scandal
"Just the tip of the iceberg."