They Could Make Up Our Future Parliament
An insight into the little monsters who will one day run the country.
Reproduced with permission
I Hear Echoes of Citizens for Rowling
Many New Zealanders resent being told what to think. That was the lesson of 1975 and I don’t think much has changed.
Te Tiriti, Not Te Mandate
A school board affirms its right to apply Treaty obligations lawfully – supporting Māori students without mandating cultural content for all.
Apartheid Funded by the Taxpayer, Run Like a Family Business
Whānau Ora should be dismantled. This isn’t empowerment: it is exploitation of the system by those lucky enough to sit at the top. The people it was meant to help never see the benefit. The insiders make sure of that.
Who Relies Most on Welfare?
Chinese people had the lowest dependency rate at 2.4 per cent. The highest rate is for Māori at 23 per cent.
The Human Cost of Starmer’s Welfare U-Turn
Some might blame Jane and her mum for being scroungers. As it happens I don’t: they seem to me to be making a perfectly logical, if short-term, financial decision. £72 a week is available so why not take it?
A Big Win for Women’s Sports
The university’s moves are in keeping with the guidelines President Donald Trump set out in two orders called “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” and “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism.”
Does She Seriously Think This?
Her arrogance is jaw-dropping. “I don’t actually care what you think because the people are with me,” she declares smugly. The truth is, most New Zealanders are not with her.
We Are Funding Silence at Unis
As a university cancelled a talk I was about to give (due to being too sensitive a topic supposedly), I ponder whether taxpayers should keep funding such censorious institutions.
This Is a Free Speech Crisis
This has implications for the quality of education we offer and perceptions of New Zealand universities.
Australia’s Schrödinger’s Super Tax
Where you’re being taxed on money you haven’t even made yet.
Can’t We All Just Be Proud Americans?
If we can’t find a way to put politics aside at a time in history of great American accomplishment and leadership, I would suggest the chances of our Republic lasting another 249 years are slim.
Might Tim Davie Find Himself in Jail?
Let’s suppose that Tim Davie finds himself in court having pleaded not guilty to stirring up racial hatred. Would a jury convict him?