Call for Caution on Policing Amendment Bill
Public trust, once diminished, is difficult to rebuild and recent years of police misconduct should have woken our lawmakers up by now. It is essential that parliament takes the time to get this right.
Guest Post
This Is the Wrong Map
The map is wrong because it points to a destination that describes 2020 and does not describe 2026. Using it will generate the wrong expectations in citizens, the wrong reassurances from officials and the wrong policy responses from a government reaching for familiar tools in unfamiliar territory.
New Zealand’s Broken Supply Chain
How geopolitical disruption 10,000 kilometres away determines whether New Zealand’s economy functions in May 2026.
New Zealand’s Diesel Supply
How a Middle East conflict has exposed a structural vulnerability at the heart of the New Zealand economy.
The Truthful Politicians (A Work of Fiction)
I sat there stunned as the feed was terminated and my thoughts towards the prof were of the greatest admiration and benevolence. “So he did it,” I said to myself. “What a genius he is to get Napkins to tell the truth.”
The World Required Someone To Take Action
The United States did not inadvertently enter this conflict due to a polite request from Israel. It responded to a threat recognized by five decades of American presidents, which was largely postponed until now.
What New Zealand Could Lose
NZ Post has announced plans to phase out frontline posties entirely, following the same trajectory Denmark has now completed. Letters may technically still exist, but only at exorbitant courier-style prices, while the organisation pivots to parcels and registered mail – the profitable segments.
When Our History Becomes Theology
We are not required to hate our own country to understand its past. And we are certainly not obliged to pretend that history ends in grievance rather than citizenship under a common law.
New Zealand Post Is Treating Us Like a Third World Country
Perhaps replacing this firm’s current CEO may be an advantage if unsatisfactory decisions are being made.
If 3% of My DNA Is Scandinavian, Am I Norwegian?
Claims that Māori as a group are underprivileged/improperly treated must be statistically inaccurate. This follows because the statistics that underpin these claims encompass results from all of those who are described in the census as being of “Māori descent”.
Britain’s Army Is a Jigsaw Piece, Not a Global Force
Today, due to government mismanagement and long-term strategic choices, the British Army is only a shadow of its former self: a force far removed from the versatile, hard-bitten-hard-fighting army that once could take on any adversary.
Bias at the New Zealand Herald
All of this analysis led me to the question: Maybe the pro-government, anti-climate catastrophe people just don’t write letters? But if my own experience is anything to go by, that’s not true.
On the Cession of Sovereignty, the Record Is Clear
History should discipline politics, not be reshaped by it. On sovereignty, the record is clear – but politically inconvenient for some.
Why Hipkins’ Treaty Romanticism Divides New Zealand
Unity does not come from enforced reverence or ideological conformity. It comes from shared citizenship, shared law and shared national loyalty – held by individuals, not groups.
Sam Hunt, Leading Without Authority but Unseen Elsewhere
Peter MacDonald Sam Hunt once said he could have become prime minister, as an accountant. Yet he chose a radically different path: poetry. He realised that while many follow ledgers or wield formal power, poets lead society in subtler ways, through observation, reflection and the quiet uncovering of truths that