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Ignoring the Science: The Curious Case of Cell Phone Bans
In Australia, youth experiencing high psychological distress dropped from 25 per cent in 2023 to 19 per cent in 2025, before any social media ban. Do not to let politicians retroactively take credit for youth outcome improvements already underway before their clumsy regulation efforts began.
Oxford Student To Go on Trial in Two Years’ Time
He was given conditional bail and told a trial date was set for January 17th 2028. Yet somehow Lucy Connolly was in court in under a month. Needless to say, unlike Connolly, Williams is out on bail.
Welcome to the Lowest-Common-Denominator Society
It’s worth paying close attention, because Germany may be one of the worst offenders, but it isn’t the only Western nation making these choices.
Christchurch Airport Posts Strong Half-Year Growth
Passenger numbers increased 7.2 per cent to 3.4 million during the period, with international travel surging 15.2 per cent and domestic travel rising 4.8 per cent.
A Way Forward
Don is reluctant to “kill what we have built up over the last few years” and has suggested that we continue the blog under the title of Brash & Mitchell.
The Sacred Grove, a Fallen Tree and a $560,000 Question
Auckland ratepayers are now more than half a million dollars in, residents are six figures out of pocket, and there is still no clear public explanation of how success will be measured – or when spending will finally stop.
This Is a Threat to Taiwan
Trump should be willing to re-think this counter-productive and highly dangerous approach to dealing with avowed enemies of the United States.
A Disease in Search of a Diagnosis
If Long Covid is real, then it needs clear definition, objective markers and exclusion of confounders. Otherwise, it will be no more than a medical fashion that flourished in the spotlight before dissolving in the cold light of evidence.
Mamdani Prepares To ‘Soak the Middle Class’
The city’s voters are about to get exactly what they asked for – middle class pain brought on by the false promise of a socialist utopia.
Covid-19 Lessons Learned Report Any Day Now
For many featured in The Tribute, this report represents a final hope for official acknowledgement and the restoration of patient rights under the NZ Bill of Rights.
Labour’s State of the Nation: Softer, Smaller, Safer
I went to the Labour Party State of the Nation.
The Future of the Māori Seats
This is an issue National can no longer ignore. It needs to get off the fence and explicitly state whether or not it will support a referendum on the Māori seats.