Why Control of New Zealand’s Freshwater Matters to Us All
The question is whether New Zealanders are prepared to give up equal, democratic control over water itself. That would be a step too far.
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Moller and Dixon: Giants of NZ Running
It was a great privilege for my generation to grow up admiring and being inspired by these remarkable people. It is clear that there are many role models for 10-year-old NZers today to be as inspired by as I was at Cooks Gardens in the 1970s.
This Data Breach Was Preventable
The warnings were ignored. This was preventable. The question now is whether anyone will be held accountable, or whether we’ll simply wait for the next catastrophe.
The UK Is in Freefall
England’s predicament has been managed and self-inflicted. Britain chose a path that prioritized symbolic commitments and distributional narratives over growth, affordability, and territorial cohesion.
How Chavez ‘Stole’ US Oil, Assets
The ICSID ruled that Venezuela should pay Exxon Mobil’s subsidiaries a total of $1.6 billion in compensation for its breaches. To date, the vast majority of the settlement has not been paid.
Release the Pfizer Contract Goes to Court
Erika Whittome filed this matter in an effort to get transparency and accountability for the people of New Zealand because there appears to be a new allegiance to Pfizer’s commercial interests, instead of transparency to the New Zealand people.
We Should Fix This Electricity Poverty First
The World Bank says there are now 720 million living in extreme poverty, defined as less than $3/day. To combat poverty, we need jobs, and good industrial jobs require cheap, reliable electricity.
Reform To Take on Khan
Laila Cunningham pledges to wage “all-out war” on crime, scrap the hated Ulez scheme and automate Tube trains to end the strikes.
What the Stats Say
Estimates suggest climate-related disasters killed around 50 times more people a century ago, and in the 1870s the death toll was almost 10 times higher again, underscoring the long-term decline in climate disaster mortality.
What Tribal Governance Means for Ordinary Māori
Why concentrating power in tribal institutions may leave ordinary Māori worse off.
All Connected – Socialism, Entitlement, and Tyranny
Once prosperous and cultured, Venezuela has become destitute, crime-ridden, and hopeless. Young socialists should take heed.
The New NSS’s Dangerous Language on Taiwan
A conflict with China could prove far more costly than any hardship yet experienced over the last three decades of futile bloodshed.