An Interview With James Meager
The minister for the South Island comments on a new data centre, space hub, league team, game animals and air links.
Reproduced with permission
‘Too Sick to Work’ Needs Addressing
Nobody can look at the evidence and deny a problem. Too many are languishing on benefits when the best thing for their mental health would be a job: a purpose, companionship and more money.
CA Lawmakers Seek To Ban Popular Handgun
These laws do not target criminals who already violate federal and state laws by possessing illegal conversion devices and using them in violent crimes. Instead, they target millions of law-abiding Americans who own one of the nation’s most popular handguns.
AOC on the Warpath
Socialists hope to radically change America – and they just might get the chance. Democrat incumbents and big businesses beware.
Chuck Schumer’s $53 Billion Bat Houses
Here’s the bottom line. Washington won’t cut spending. And it doesn’t look like they’re going to cut regulations either. They won’t even tackle obvious fraud when it smacks them in the face.
Let the Economists Take Over
When we leave it to politicians and bureaucrats who think they know better – well, we get the 2026 Federal Budget – or worse. Let’s leave the plane flying to the pilots, yeah?
The Commissioner Responds to My Questions
Evidence should drive policy, not rights rhetoric shielding low-quality practice. Commissioner offers an activist-influenced viewpoint, not a rigorous, child-centred application of evidence and ethics.
The Inversion of NZ Education
Beware of teachers who tell your children WHAT to think instead of teaching them HOW to think.
Wishart Taking Media To Court
Wishart said the fight is not about climate change: it’s about making the media prove what they print.
Our Free Speech Is Under Attack
Six police cars turn up at my home to seize my hunting guns. Speak up and they come for your guns.
TOP Is a Trojan Horse for the Left
Why a vote for the Opportunities Party is simply a vote for the Greens and Labour.
The $20,000 Drone That Should Wake up the Pentagon
The Apache that went down over the Strait of Hormuz is not a story about one helicopter. It is a warning about the next war.
Get Ready for ‘Business Friendly Socialism’
The actual solution is embarrassingly simple. You are only “in hock to the bond market” if you borrow. This most certainly will not improve under a “business friendly” socialist.
Social Media Is Not Like Tobacco
Although it is reasonable to age-gate activities such as smoking, drinking and driving, to compare such restrictions to social media age restrictions is a false equivalency driven by far more insidious intentions.
We Should Read Between the Lines
Smuggling in a regime of pre-emptive speech control. The right response is therefore the simplest one. Support the deepfake amendment for exactly what it is – a narrow, sound, self-contained closing of a gap in the law – and refuse, flatly, to let the commission’s wider regime ride in on its back.
