The KiwiSaver Revolving Door Power Loop
Simon Power’s KiwiSaver advocacy is therefore less about retirement savings than about profit, influence and the audacity of a system where cashflow is guaranteed, risk is socialised and reward is private.
Guest Post
The Next UN Head
If Ardern does secure the UN Secretary General role, she will be tasked with leading the UN’s ambitious global climate emergency agenda into the 2030s and beyond. Guterres has outlined that the UN is establishing a US$1.5 trillion global climate fund.
Someone Tell Chris Bishop
No wonder the bee population is declining.
The PM’s Comments on Pensioners
Luxon’s talk of raising the pension age is an act: a political bluff that scapegoats pensioners.
We Must Refocus Our Education on Learning
By elevating symbolism over academic outcomes, NZ’s education system has drifted from its core mission – teaching children well. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, was never intended to dictate school governance or curriculum, making its use in education policy historically misplaced.
Golden Kiwi Butter, a Privileged Luxury Out of Reach
In a land of milk and honey, no one should need to bid for butter.
This Is the Gentle Tyranny
There’s a perfect word for this system, a system that reaches into every corner of your existence, from your speech to how you spend your private life, and justifies itself all as being ‘for your own good’.
From Groundbreaking Foundations to a Modern Crisis
Residents and engineers know the real cause is man-made neglect of infrastructure, yet this inconvenient truth is largely ignored.
Steady Work to Fix This Mess
We’re halfway out of the ditch Labour dug. Keep the faith. Back the coalition. One people, one flag and one bloody awesome country.
The Soldier Who Knew No Restraint
Bloody Sunday is a cautionary tale of unrestrained violence, reckless military conditioning and deliberate obfuscation. Families were left in limbo, history partially hidden and a soldier who knew no restraint – unhinged, sadistic, and lethal – became a symbol of institutional failure.
Eden Hore: From Battlefield to Runway
Through collecting and curating exquisite garments, Hore transformed his trauma into beauty.
How a Slogan Became a Silencer
To speak truth where it is forbidden is an act of moral service, not malice.