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From the MP Who Ignored Erica Stanford
The inadequacies of our education system are illustrated by our rapidly falling educational results. Zealots like Willow Jean would be quite happy for that deterioration to continue.
Why Benefit Recipients and Govt Contractors Should Not Be Able to Vote
The hundred million or so Americans who rely on federal spending for their incomes won’t allow any real reform to ever occur. Runaway debt and spending is now baked into the system. These is no orderly or legal way out of this.
Explaining the Appeal With Polling
There is a lot to learn from Mamdani, even though he is a dangerous Marxist.
We Are No Longer Free
The ban on Ricky Gervais’s billboard saying “Welcome to London, Don’t Forget Your Stab Vest”.
Five Taxes We Should Abolish Now
Australia needs a leaner, fairer tax system that doesn’t penalise success, ambition or everyday life.
Yet the Left Are Silent About Africa
The progressive movement has lost its moral spine. It is no longer about truth, or decency, or defending the innocent. It is about optics.
The Initiative Is Lacking on Māori Seats
The New Zealand Initiative prostrates itself to a Māorified parliament.
Central Otago Gold Mine Gets Green Light
New Zealand is poised to capitalise on renewed international demand for gold and minerals, with the government granting a major mining permit for one of the country’s most significant gold discoveries in decades.
Court Upholds Conviction Despite ME Recanting
The Maze case highlights a broader national reevaluation of shaken baby syndrome. Forty-one people whose convictions involved the diagnosis are currently listed on the National Registry of Exonerations.
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.
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