This Could Be a Trap
The law makes it clear: parliament could abolish the Māori seats tomorrow with a simple majority – no referendum needed, no special entrenchment – yet a politically convenient referendum is being offered instead.
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Sewage, Scrutiny and the Politics of Accountability
Tamatha Paul is responsible for the positions she advocated, the amendments she moved, and the prioritisation she helped secure. That is the level at which accountability properly sits. And insisting on that level of accountability is not racism. It is politics.
Rescission Major Win for Science and the Rule of Law
President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin should be applauded for actually following the science and respecting the rule of law – things that have been too often ignored when it comes to climate.
The Labour Government’s Vote Machine
At its core, this is not about Muslims at all. It is about how a governing party chooses to organise society. Does it treat citizens as individuals under a shared civic contract, or as demographic blocs to be structured, managed and electorally harvested?
The Killing of Informed Consent
Since consent was obtained for a product without SV40 sequences, the injection of a product with such sequences potentially constitutes an unauthorized physical trespass, regardless of the biological outcome.
mRNA Flu Jabs Are Coming, Maybe
When your doctor advises you to take a routine flu vaccine for 2026, they will likely not be mentioning the mRNA word. Ask them what exactly is involved and do your own research.
A New Law, but Old Mistakes
We do not want to spend another three decades discovering we have simply replaced one dysfunctional planning system with another.
What in the World Is Going on in Our Public Schools?
There seems to be plenty of class time to discuss gender, the politically correct pronouns and social justice issues. But that isn’t why we send our kids to school. We want them to learn basic skills so they can function successfully as adults. And, in so many cases, that just isn’t happening.
Ellison and the Somalia Pipeline
When he said, ‘this is the lifeblood of the country,’ he wasn’t talking about America.
Russia Is No Superpower? Then What Does That Make Europe?
Russia is not merely de-militarizing Ukraine. Russia is de-militarizing NATO itself. These are not Ukrainian losses. These are NATO losses. And NATO is losing in humiliating fashion.
The Beginning of the Modern Industrial World
An interesting video and well worth a watch to remind ourselves of what coal has delivered to the world.
Part Star, Part Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall lit up 1970s American cinema – and kept going.
