Rawiri Waititi’s Dangerous Hero Worship: A Wake-Up Call for New Zealand
New Zealand stands at a crossroads. We can either call out this dangerous flirtation with authoritarianism or risk letting it fester. David Seymour’s got the guts to say it like it is. The question is: will anyone else step up before it’s too late?

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Gifts, Graft and a $12bn Defence Spend-up
The government’s headlong rush into big defence contracts, with minimal public oversight, risks compounding the problem by entrenching a military-industrial elite operating with impunity.
The Left Has Left Its Roots Behind
This is to the detriment of politics in general, as every government needs an effective opposition, but I don’t see this happening in the foreseeable future without a change in direction.

Why Do Māori Have to Rely on Deceased Kidney Donors?
Systemic racism or an inconveniently multifaceted set of problems requiring uncomfortable conversations.