Here Comes 2026
A few quick reflections on the year that has been, including my most popular Substacks, as well as a heartfelt thanks to all who have been part of On Point.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We either stand up and fight for the principles of freedom and democracy, or we do nothing and let the radicals win. Doing nothing is not an option.
Enough Is Enough
March Against Antisemitism – 21 Dec 2025, Auckland – Dr David Cumin’s speech.
There Is a Long, Dark History
Australia has not been immune from what the historian Robert Wistrich has described as “the longest hatred”, with open antisemitism starting to become prevalent in the 1880s.
The EV Bubble, or What’s Left of It, Popped This Week
The lesson, yet again, is that in trying to artificially make EV’s cheaper, Big Government has made all cars more expensive.
The Ministry of Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell
The state can either measure the relationship properly, or it can keep pretending that refusing to measure it is ‘responsible’. One of those choices builds trust. The other builds resentment. And resentment, unlike spreadsheets, does not stay missing for long.
Why I Left the Liberals
Loyalty is built from the ground up, not demanded from the top down. When members are not heard, they disengage – and when that happens at scale, parties hollow out.
A Recap and Where To...
So, 2025 has been one hell of a rollercoaster and has seen me sit down and talk to Eli Mitchell from Common Ground. Cam Slater from Good Oil, Elliot from Hobson’s Pledge and River of Freedom documentary maker and author Gaylene Barnes amongst many others
Merry Christmas NZ
Politically, 2026 is, already, shaping up to be a very bumpy ride. The first verbal slaps are being delivered as the parties begin jockeying for positions, pushing and shoving as they endeavour to claim or retain the political high ground.
Coffee, Nicotine: This Is Not Science
This is not science. It is politics dressed up as health. If we applied the standards used for caffeine to nicotine, pouches and vaping would be treated as unremarkable adult choices.
Blood on the Sand: What the Bondi Massacre Exposes
Bondi Beach exposed that illusion for what it is. The men who opened fire were not responding to a policy or a border. They were acting on an older hatred and any framework that cannot begin with that fact is not merely incomplete – it is complicit.
In Defence of the Right to Self-Defence
As long as violence exists, people must be able to take reasonable, lawful steps to protect themselves from it.
RNZ’s Boss Gives New Zealand the Fingers
If Campbell has demonstrated anything in recent years, it’s that he’s incapable of impartial journalism. He doesn’t even believe in impartial journalism.
They Would Be ‘Nuts’ To Roll Him
The current leadership team is a coalition of unnatural bedfellows which, to date, hasn’t shown any signs of unravelling. You’d expect some loose threads to appear during election year, as parties fight to push their own narrative but, for now, you’d regard this coalition as a success.