NZ’s ‘worst mayor’ calls police on rogue YouTuber over public meeting filming
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Richard Prebble resigns from Waitangi Tribunal, sparks backlash from cultural elites
“They have to show that everyone who TRULY understands the Treaty and its history agrees with them. Everyone else is an uneducated racist buffoon."
This Racism Has Got Out of Hand
It is a mix of racism and wokeness that is at the heart of the problem.
Returning Hipkins as PM Is Unthinkable
The man waged war on Auckland, turned us into prisoners, caused stagnation and will tax your family home.
In Two Minds and Out of Both of Them
The sheer humbug of transgenderism’s unexamined catchwords.
It Is a Public Service Defence Strategy
Either you get a reconstituted service which is stripped back to its necessary bones without the bureaucratic bloat, or you do away altogether with any department that can’t actually prove its worth. Brutal but necessary.
What Luxon’s Poll Numbers Mean for National MPs
Even before National loses more popularity due to Luxon being unlikable, inept and generally unable to articulate what he stands for, five National MPs are going to lose their seats.
News Briefing: 11 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLLING, PUBLIC SERVICE Jenna Lynch (Stuff): The PM needs his political radar to flick on - urgently Richard Harman (Politik): The coalition gets a wakeup call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A critical week or two for the PM (paywalled) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Bad
Luxon’s Time Is Now Limited
The latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll has more bad news for Christopher Luxon and National.
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