This Is Not Good Enough
We are becoming numb to child abuse. This was not just a violent outburst. It was a near-death experience for an infant and the system has once again allowed the offender to walk free.
Crime
What Happened to Personal Responsibility?
What is it that academics and public servants are afraid of? That the consequences of enforced personal responsibility would drive worse outcomes?
Time to Lock Up the Ratbags: Goldsmith’s Mandatory Sentencing Push Is What New Zealand Needs
Give Kiwis a justice system they can trust, and a reason to vote for you in 2026. The scumbags have had their run. It’s time to lock them up and let decent folks sleep easy.
Does She Seriously Think This?
Her arrogance is jaw-dropping. “I don’t actually care what you think because the people are with me,” she declares smugly. The truth is, most New Zealanders are not with her.
Enough Is Enough? Luxon’s Trespass Law Tweak Is Just Hot Air
What we need is a government with the guts to get serious. Stop tinkering with fines and notices and start empowering people to protect what’s theirs. Let shop owners arm themselves with something more than harsh words.
What Is in a Name?
Thank you, Minister Chhour, for being braver than most people who have taken a seat in New Zealand’s cabinet room. Thank you for seeing all of us and not reducing the importance, severity, or validity of our terrible experiences to a matter of our racial background.
Luxon’s Tough Talk on Crime: Will He Back It Up or Buckle Under Judicial Pushback?
Talking tough is the easy part – any politician can do it. Delivering requires spine, especially when facing a judiciary that has shown it can outmanoeuver parliament’s intent.
Face of the Day
Luxon said the sentence would be longer than for the standard offence. “We’ve got a series of three, five and seven years depending upon the nature of the offence and I just think you know anyone would just say that makes perfect sense.”
Now Victims Get Final Say on Suppression
Goldsmith says the new rules are part of the government’s wider plan to restore law and order and reduce violent crime by 20,000 incidents by 2029.
Britain Is Patient Zero in This Cancer
There’s a certain point where one has to wonder whether a society can become so lost, so broken, so unrecognizable, that it can even be salvaged without a hard reset.