Not Nice People
A parliament bereft of bullies, where everyone is ‘nice’, and where nothing is ever thrown at anybody – especially not insulting language – is a parliament that will manifest the strength and competence of a kindergarten.
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NZ’s Most Popular Metropolitan Mayor
“Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger backed rates capping, and in that same period surged 19 points to become the most popular big city mayor. If that’s not an endorsement of rates capping, I don’t know what is,” James Ross said.
Sport NZ Told to Ditch Trans Guidelines
What does this mean for women and for trans people?
This Is Silly
If it does start to destroy your property, you’ll quickly find out that it has more rights than you do. Excessive tree regulation and tribalist parasites simply worsen the problem, making the pōhutukawa one of the worst trees in New Zealand.
The Anatomy of Welfare Dependency in NZ
All government social service contracts for the able-bodied should not only be tied to measurable outcomes that reduce state dependency, but lucrative race-based funding streams must be eliminated as well.
Will Obama Be Locked Up?
As Gabbard gathers more evidence, she will turn it over to Attorney General Pam Bondi. And that is the bad news. At this stage, I have very little confidence in Pam Bondi.
Who Are (Or Were?) the Woke?
The promised ‘racial reckoning’ was mostly elite white liberals trying to amass more power, Musa al-Gharbi’s new book reveals.
They Need to End the ‘Pay-To-Slay’ Program
Given the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the failure of the Palestinian Authority to meet not only US demands, but the simplest requisites of good governance, is there any reason for hope this time around?
Trump Hits Out at Obama
The US president says he wants to “go after” his predecessor and his top intelligence officials.
Sarah Takes the Gold Again
“These two girls are amazing athletes and the disc golf world has certainly noticed,” said a spokesperson for New Zealand Disc Golf.
NZ Herald Scrapes the Barrel
Maurice Williamson’s mic slip from 2023 resurfaces as ‘breaking news’.
You Don’t Miss the Water Until...
There is a cultural agenda being imposed on New Zealand. It has been allowed to develop thanks to successive governments. Our civil service, education system and even our courts and judiciary are now pervaded by an irrational desire to disembowel democracy and replace it with ethnocracy.
Take the Money and Run
The Steve Miller Band chose to stop taking its Big Jet Airliner to Keep on Rockin’ Me because of global warming.
Can ChatGPT Exist Without Fossil Fuels? I Asked
The scope of AI’s energy demand has significant implications for environmentalists’ dreams of hitting net-zero, especially when you consider the factors at play.
The Stasi Files, Part II
They’re no longer universities in any meaningful intellectual or moral sense. They are anti-universities. They are cognitive enclosures: accredited zones of pre-approved ideas and ideologically screened emotions. These curated mind spaces are committed not to inquiry, but to orthodoxy.