The Covid era was a reckoning. It showed us that rights – the basis of our democratic nations – only matter unless someone decides they don’t any more and the reasons for that decision can be side-stepped and not really talked about.
Outside the venue, around 50 protestors held signs and banners to remind the former prime minister of her destructive legacy; in particular, her pushing New Zealanders to take Covid-19 jabs, which led to vaccine injuries.
When a decision is significant, the public must be properly consulted and involved in the decision making process.
Councils must get back to basics, live within their means, and treat ratepayer money with the same care that families apply to their own budgets. Because, if they do not, the pressure on communities will only grow and confidence in local government will continue to erode.
Ethnic division, gender politics, social justice language and the politics of identity.
The issue is not mere cultural acknowledgement: it is syncretism.
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.
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.
How geopolitical disruption 10,000 kilometres away determines whether New Zealand’s economy functions in May 2026.
How a Middle East conflict has exposed a structural vulnerability at the heart of the New Zealand economy.
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 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.
