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Good and Bad Indicators for NZ Children and Young People
Is this where NZ, in 2026, should be?
Police Warn of a Sophisticated Crypto Scam
Police are aware of incidents where scammers are targeting people with cryptocurrency wallets and accounts, by impersonating police officers and cryptocurrency company representatives.
Sale at the Moral High Ground
If you care about the rights and freedoms of your fellow man, understanding what Lenin said about “sweeping away the bourgeoisie” will either chill you to the core or inspire your lust for bloody revolution. If you aren’t a sociopath, I’d hope it would tend towards the former.
The Text That Triggered the Outrage Machine
What we witnessed was a cool, hard political assassination co-ordinated through the National Party aided and abetted by the New Zealand media party.
Parents Are the Best Defence
PILLAR has consistently advocated for a Digital Bill of Rights approach that prioritises parental empowerment, digital literacy, education, targeted enforcement against genuinely illegal content, and privacy-respecting tools over broad government controls.
An Analysis of TOP’s Taxes
JD Amid the current MSM hoopla about TOP, momentarily muted as the press pack rushes off to dig up dirt on Paul Henry and Stuart Nash, there is one key TOP policy winning voter attention that is seldom mentioned. What’s driving TOP in the polls has nothing to do
People Have Rights, Religions Do Not
We need a state confident enough to say that no mosque, church, temple, synagogue, prophet, scripture, imam, pastor or ideology is above criticism. Not one.
National’s Three Card Trick: Steal the Credit, Blame the Partners, Hope No One Notices
The way National is selling it tells you everything about how they operate. Steal the good ideas. Blame the partners for the hard bits. Hope the voters are too busy looking at the playground photos to notice the pattern.
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Face of the Day
Christopher Luxon says National will not do business with a party that wants to raise taxes.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… subtle (adjective) - 1a: pleasing to the senses in a mild or nuanced way : delicate, elusive b: difficult to understand or perceive : obscure sense 1c c: clever and indirect : disguised in purpose, also : gentle 2: having or involving keen perception or insight 3a: highly skillful : expert