Nicola Willis’s Blunder: Handing Ruth Richardson a Megaphone She Doesn’t Deserve
How National’s political brains trust missed this is baffling. It is straight out of the playbook. Remember Ronald Reagan’s killer line from 1980: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Swap in two years and it fits New Zealand like a glove.
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This should not be treated as an exotic exception. It should be the rule.
Offence Can Only Be Taken, Not Given
When we forget that offence is taken, not given, we trade our emotional autonomy for a fragile comfort – and in doing so, we risk silencing not only those we disagree with, but ultimately, ourselves.
Another Dismal Poll for National: Luxon Sinks Further as Election Looms
National cannot keep pretending everything is fine. This poll is a wake-up call, if they have not hit snooze too many times already. With 2026 looming, they better find some spine or prepare for a long stint in opposition.
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Rocks. That’s All They Are. Rocks.
The ludicrously venerated ‘Juukan rock shelters’ were just rubbish piles, basically.
The Elites Are Disinheriting the West
They’re not depriving their children, they’re funding the destruction of the West.
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Face of the Day
TPU chairperson Ruth Richardson said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had condemned the previous government’s ‘sugar-rush economics’, but that this government had “reached for the same lolly jar”.