Cop 30: Get US Out of This Air Travel UN Offset Scheme
The UN Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is a costly, wasteful, ineffective climate scheme only a UN bureaucrat or climate profiteer could love.
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Reaping What You Sow
You should always get what you vote for, and get it good and hard till it hurts. Canadians and Australians are going to be hurting for some time.
Is This Any Different to a Mafia Protection Scheme?
This ‘pay the money and you can have your cultural assessment…’ goes against all that is fair and democratic. It actually diminishes their own mana!
Hornets: We Can Help Stop the Spread
We need people engaged and watching for these hornets now. If any country can catch this hornet early, it’s New Zealand.
Win for Victims: New Law Puts Survivors at the Centre of Justice
Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Act 2025
Whakapapa and Citizenship Are Not the Same
I explore why one’s ancestry and heritage are not the same as citizenship. I also ask, do we need the Waitangi Tribunal anymore?
The Rise and Fall of Wikipedia
Welcome to the post-Wikipedia age. It was fun while it lasted. All hail its deprecation and replacement with something much better.
If You’re Not Going to Label This as ‘Terrorism’
Then at least change the law so mass casualty attacks are more serious than murder.
Bringing the Benefits of Hamilton Island to the Far North
Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop have done some good work with proposed roading improvements to the Far North. A much more significant improvement would be to make the Kerikeri Airport fully international. In 10 years Northland could go from the poorest to the wealthiest NZ province.
Over-Reach From the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Staying within the lines: over-reach from the Broadcasting Standards Authority and how it can be fixed.
To Bear Witness
The stories that the Betrayal Project has gathered demonstrate that these were not isolated errors: they were systemic, ethical failings. Society has been scarred by this, and trust in the healthcare system has been broken, perhaps beyond repair.
Trump Is Bringing Home the Bacon
Everywhere the US president went in the Far East, he successfully made trade deals.
Editor Sacked for Allowing a Debate
The impact for science is one of loss of integrity and a decrease in trust when editors are removed simply for allowing a debate. The forced consensus on climate change is damaging to science.