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Local Water Done Well
Your coalition government’s “Local Water Done Well” is not only an abject failure to honour an election pledge it is an attack on the equal rights of all New Zealanders.
Te Kāika and the Broken Model
All three of these state-funded charities – Te Kāika, Waipareira Trust, Manukau Urban Māori Authority – have featured what looks like nepotistic governance structures.
Opportunity Cost in the Age of AI
The challenge, then, isn’t to beat the machines but to learn to work meaningfully alongside them. Every major leap in technology has shifted what counted as valuable work, and this one is no different.
The Dirty Secrets Behind the Clean Revolution
It might not be inaccurate to suggest that, in this, and all the other blind eyes turned to environmental devastation, they do not give a flying flittermouse.
Lawyering Update Skips Trump and Then There’s Bill Gates
Last summer we saw the frenzy that Politico went into over someone it obviously detests, so is the opposite effect now happening in which Politico provides cover to one it favors despite the revelations in the Epstein Files?
It Is None of the Government’s Business
Whether or not someone should be able to work remotely is a private matter between an employee and their employer. It does not require government intrusion.
Covid Jab ‘Should Never Have Been Approved’
Pfizer’s former chief toxicologist speaks out.
Is This a $110 Billion Illusion?
After nearly 20 years and billions in subsidies, no one has shown that KiwiSaver has made New Zealanders wealthier. Still, the instinct across the political spectrum is to make the scheme bigger.
How the World Lost Its Refining Buffer
Covid-era capacity destruction, post-pandemic concentration in Asia and the Middle East and what it means for New Zealand in 2026
The Problematic Size of Government in NZ
It is an election year. Who will, with credibility, propose to shrink the size of government in NZ to a level that allows genuine comparison with the best of the OECD?
Guns, Iran’s Bravado, and Man’s Best Friend
Well, what would you expect from a regime that thinks it’s the year 1405?
Secret Service Agent Is Suspended Again
Perez was one of six agents suspended without pay for 10 to 42 days for their connection to Butler. As part of Trump’s regular campaign detail, Perez served as the ‘site agent,’ in charge of developing and executing the rally’s security.
‘Remigration Is the Hill We Die On’
Eva Vlaardingerbroek delivers historic call to save Europe.