The New Zealand Myth in Kenya
A taxi driver’s strange tale and what farming in East Africa is really like.
Guest Post
Barry Young a Candidate in 2026 Election
Mr Young, who is the Outdoors and Freedom Party’s Wellington North candidate, said he is standing to speak truth to power. We need to recognise the harms done in New Zealand since 2021, he said.
The MoE Must Change Its Policies
A dispute with a busy bees early childhood education centre exposes a wider problem with education policy: Teach English as English, teach te reo Māori as te reo Māori and stop turning language ‘opportunities’ into compulsion.
And Now Conviction Becomes Misconduct
My story of professional loss, tested values and personal transformation.
Constant Demands for Respect Produce the Opposite
Sacred, tapu, tūpuna and floating ghosts.
On the Qiulae Wong Interview
Qiulae Wong and TOP seem to think they have invented a brave new world where self-interest no longer holds sway. To which the only answer would seem to be – good luck with that.
And Officer Q Is Exposed
Armed Offenders Squad commander Senior Sergeant Vaughan Perry is a liar, a bully and a serial kidnapper. Part one.
Thoughts on Destiny Church and Heaven’s Hitlist
You may say that such statements are not representative of Destiny. Tamaki is more measured, sure. But if Tamaki was concerned, why didn’t he interrupt this man and say, ‘No, no, don’t pray like that’?
Ruled Out, Schools Out
Where are the heavyweight political leaders of yesteryear, or is this really what NZ politics has now become: infants squabbling in the playground while the school burns down around them?
The Tip of the Iceberg
I believe that prevention is better than cure, so why do the children growing up in countries at the top of the ranking of child wellbeing thrive while our children struggle to survive?
Will We Be Pākehā Freeloaders?
‘Why should you pay for these old, Pākehā dudes, living large on the pension your taxes are funding? You’re from Mumbai, Shanghai or South Auckland and they never did anything for you.’
