Yet the Left Are Silent About Africa
The progressive movement has lost its moral spine. It is no longer about truth, or decency, or defending the innocent. It is about optics.
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The Initiative Is Lacking on Māori Seats
The New Zealand Initiative prostrates itself to a Māorified parliament.
Central Otago Gold Mine Gets Green Light
New Zealand is poised to capitalise on renewed international demand for gold and minerals, with the government granting a major mining permit for one of the country’s most significant gold discoveries in decades.
Court Upholds Conviction Despite ME Recanting
The Maze case highlights a broader national reevaluation of shaken baby syndrome. Forty-one people whose convictions involved the diagnosis are currently listed on the National Registry of Exonerations.
Cop 30: Get US Out of This Air Travel UN Offset Scheme
The UN Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is a costly, wasteful, ineffective climate scheme only a UN bureaucrat or climate profiteer could love.
Reaping What You Sow
You should always get what you vote for, and get it good and hard till it hurts. Canadians and Australians are going to be hurting for some time.
Is This Any Different to a Mafia Protection Scheme?
This ‘pay the money and you can have your cultural assessment…’ goes against all that is fair and democratic. It actually diminishes their own mana!
Hornets: We Can Help Stop the Spread
We need people engaged and watching for these hornets now. If any country can catch this hornet early, it’s New Zealand.
Win for Victims: New Law Puts Survivors at the Centre of Justice
Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Act 2025
Whakapapa and Citizenship Are Not the Same
I explore why one’s ancestry and heritage are not the same as citizenship. I also ask, do we need the Waitangi Tribunal anymore?
The Rise and Fall of Wikipedia
Welcome to the post-Wikipedia age. It was fun while it lasted. All hail its deprecation and replacement with something much better.
If You’re Not Going to Label This as ‘Terrorism’
Then at least change the law so mass casualty attacks are more serious than murder.
Bringing the Benefits of Hamilton Island to the Far North
Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop have done some good work with proposed roading improvements to the Far North. A much more significant improvement would be to make the Kerikeri Airport fully international. In 10 years Northland could go from the poorest to the wealthiest NZ province.
