Really
If he’s back as prime minister after 7 November he’ll just have to put up with yahoos and numpties around the cabinet table. In fact he’s likely to have more of them.
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A Postcard From Israel
Laura Dodsworth writes from the West Bank, where she finds Israeli towns filled with people committed to saving lives on orange 'ambucycles', and Palestinian towns filled with piles of cars stolen from Israelis.
What Anthony Fauci Teaches Us
Fauci is now, in fact, retired. But that racket he oversaw continues on – moving money and expanding federal power at whatever level the political class can get away with at the moment.
Ireland’s €53M Jet Has No Fog-Landing System
In August 2024, then-Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin directed that Ireland would cease purchases of Israeli military equipment and review existing contracts, citing the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Watchdog Taking Foodstuffs South Island To Court
Foodstuffs South Island stopped PAK’nSAVE stores discounting your groceries, watchdog alleges.
Guns and Destiny
What you are witnessing in real time with Brian Tamaki is the further erosion of free speech, and the persecution of a person for his beliefs. What happens when you say something just publicly enough to have the cops turn up at your door? Don’t think it would happen to you? Think again.
When the Money Tree Finally Runs Out
Before asking struggling households for more, our councils and Tiaki Wai must show us that they have trimmed the fat, postponed what can wait, concentrated upon essential services and opened their own books to proper public scrutiny.
The Ongoing Creep
The story of a tribe's commercial exploitation of natural bodies of water.
The Sin-Eaters’ Morbid Menu
We no longer hire miserable wretches to sit by our corpses and eat our misdeeds. Instead, we have public relations firms, crisis management consultants, and political spin doctors who will gladly swallow our worst behaviour and tell the world it tastes like heaven.
‘Extreme Event Attribution’ to Bring Down Oil, Gas, and Coal
Buying into the notion of “extreme event attribution” is a slippery slope leading to quicksand.
Justice Has Lost Its Nerve
The planned early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers is a test of whether the justice system still places victims and public safety ahead of prison management targets, says Paul Birch. It does not.
Free Speech Is Not a Suicide Pact
Private media that willfully choose to play host to this content under the banner of principle are not upholding free speech: they are draining it of all meaning.
