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Is This an Illusive Concept?
Does foreign bribery and corruption exist in New Zealand? Of course it does. What is the extent of the problem? No one knows. And it’s unlikely we will find out anytime soon.
What’s up With Eru Kapa-Kingi?
The manufactured martyr of a Te Pāti Māori marketing machine.
A ‘Good’ Death and the Covid Era
The fact that people in power purposefully prevented this basic human right, based on nonsense and pseudoscience that turned out to be completely false, will always be a stain on our history and it should be a stain on their careers.
Are Schools Really Just Childcare?
I have a sneaky suspicion that their real purpose is mostly to help children socialise and to keep them elsewhere so their parents can work.
Same as It Ever Was
The Biden cover up is part of a decades-long pattern in which they have stridently misled the American people – against all evidence – about the biggest issues of the day.
When Identity Picks Winners and Taxpayers Pick Up the Bill
When one part of the market is lifted by genuine success, we all win. But when one part is lifted by the state, while another is weighed down by regulatory obligation, the market becomes not a forum for exchange but a theatre of inequality.
Budget 2025
Frank Newman, an investment analyst and former local body councillor, has examined the budget from a business perspective and raises concerns about the flagship ‘Investment Boost’ policy.
Vaccine Cover-up: The Greatest Scandal of All
The lives of untold thousands have been lost or permanently diminished.
California High School Could Test Trump
It’s unclear when or if the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Justice Department, will investigate so-called “indoctrination” activities taking place in elementary and secondary public schools as Trump’s late January executive order pledges to do.
Why Ending the War Is So Difficult
What the path out certainly does not involve is doubling down on the same exact policies that both created this mess in the first place.
Why Jewish History in the Arab World Still Matters
From Baghdad to Be’eri, the same hatred has struck – and the same silence has followed.
Counting the Cost
For all the gravitas which Dame Marilyn’s involvement has conferred upon PSCPE, it is important not to lose sight of the fact that it represents a deliberate attempt to morally overpower what is now the law of the land.