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.
Guest Post
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
A Small but Loud Circle
How a compact network of activists, media, institutions and politicians shape the left-liberal agenda in New Zealand.
The Case for a Royal Commission Inquiry
A new ministerial briefing from CTV Families advocate David Lynch urges NZ Prime Minister to establish a full Royal Commission into the Mt Maunganui landslide – not another council‑managed review.
Was Luxon Silly Enough To Say This?
It makes one wonder why on earth the National Party don’t have enough sense to replace their liability of a leader, who is already costing them votes.
When Tree Removal Becomes Risk
Hawke’s Bay, the Mount and the consequences of substituting ideology for environmental science.
What To Expect After a Disaster
Even if a disaster is later found to have been foreseeable and preventable, families cannot sue for the deaths themselves. Support comes through ACC and accountability comes through WorkSafe prosecutions, coronial findings, and the public record.
This Was Not ‘Unprecedented’, It Was Authorised
The dead were not unlucky. They were failed long before the rain fell.
The Old National Party Is Gone
This is why the election of 2023 now feels like a broken promise.
A Failed Trip to Auckland CBD
The lasting, departing impression of our day trip to Auckland CBD is of a third-world city dressed up and marketed as first world – an un-developing city living of borrowed prestige.