This Backlash Is Only the Media
Athletes should be free to play and free to say “no thanks” to political messaging without the threat of cancellation hanging over them.
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One Law for All
Stand for a New Zealand where every child gets the education they deserve.
Distrusting the Boys in Blue
Trust must be earned and when the NZ Police decided to get political around the rainbow alphabet they seriously shot themselves in the foot, so to speak.
On the Weaponisation of Science
If we can’t test claims, challenge data, or ask uncomfortable questions without fear of retribution, then we no longer have science – we have marketing. The weaponisation of science ends only when truth becomes more valuable than profit.
How This Avalanche Is Threatening Scientific Research
Flawed and fake papers continue to be published. It can take years for journals to retract junk science articles after they have been flagged as suspicious, and by then it’s often too late.
Three Jews
Three Jews: a kindhearted rabbi from Judea, a Hellenised Jew from Egypt and a repentant Pharisee from Turkey, set the world on a radically new trajectory still holding its place in civilisation after two millennia.
NZ Mum on Sex Education Concerns
Parent opt-out ignored. Has this teacher broken the law? What are the repercussions? And will the recent Education and Training Act Amendment change anything?
When Journalism Was Fun
When I accepted a voluntary redundancy deal in 2002, I was able to reflect that I’d come a long way in the 34 years since I’d started in the Post’s reading room. By my calculation it was about 30 metres.
Now Puberty Blockers Are Banned
The lobotomy of our time is over: New Zealand bans puberty blockers for kids.
If You Commit a Crime, You Leave
Time for New Zealand to grow some balls on criminal deportations.
The Club That Hid the Epstein Story
New York media heavies of the day included many who might have had reason to sympathize with poor Jeffrey Epstein.
Maduro Gets a Message From Trump
US president puts tactical pressure on Venezuela in a drug war.
This Contradicts the FBI Narrative
Devine argues the new material suggests investigators either missed or withheld key information about Crooks’ motives and online associations