Dame Professor Salmond Defends the Treaty and Not Liberty
Don’t we all, Māori and non-Māori, want to be free and our property rights protected?
Reproduced with permission
The War on Free Speech Is Gaining Strength
It’s not about keeping us safe – it’s about keeping us silent.
Walzin Out a Fake War Hero
The Minnesota governor abused the uniform and deserves the scorn that comes with it.
Bad Therapy or Cruel World?
How the youth mental health crisis has been sucked into the culture wars.
They Knew and They Lied
How many New Zealanders would have taken a jab if they had been told the Truth? That it was 0.84 per cent effective, not 95 per cent effective?
A Review of Gender Protections in the Human Rights Act
While the intentions and goal of enhancing protections for the specified groups are commendable, we believe that the proposed review of the Human Rights Act 1993, specifically focusing on amending Section 21, poses significant risks and challenges.
New Zealand’s Child Poverty Conundrum
The numbers cannot be encouraged to keep growing. That will only ramp-up inter-generational dependency and further deplete potential productivity.
Mpox: the Numbers and the Reality
That is what the new international emergency looks like in actual data. Whichever way you count it, it is not going to become much more significant. It is not a global emergency, by any sane, rational, public health-based definition.
It’s Pass the Trash, Not Catch the Trash
The ways in which K-12 predators have maneuvered through the system has led some to conclude the professional education establishment is more concerned with its own welfare than protecting kids.
Trump MAGA and Kennedy MAHA Join Forces
Kennedy is no longer a risk as a spoiler candidate, but his policy focus may be a party crash for those on the left who have been unchallenged on the true environmental impacts of their renewable energy boondoggles.
Fact Checking the Claims of Luxon, Collins and the New Zealand Biotech Lobby
It seems the government is oblivious to the financial and monopolistic advantage sought by an influential lobby of biotech professionals calling for the deregulation of biotechnology. They are also in complete denial about the risks.
The Labour Party Leader’s Sad Plan for NZ Is a Copy of the UK Prime Minister’s.
Except with a difference: Hipkins wants NZ to fail. For talking NZ down and wanting us to fail, Hipkins should get out of politics.
Hipkins’ Statement on Māori Not Ceding Sovereignty
It’s time to stand firm on the principles that unite us as New Zealanders – one law for all, under one sovereign authority.
The Radicalisation of NZ’s Local Government Sector
A more direct approach will be needed to get the sector back on track: trimming the bureaucracy and operations to ensure council rate increases are no greater than the rate of inflation, instigating debt repayment plans and undoing the grip of tribal interests would be a good start.