bobmccoskrie.com There have been four recent acts of public vandalism. Only one is being treated as a ‘hate’ crime, and one was even celebrated! If you want to know which ones are crimes, you’ll need to ask Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick. And that’s the problem. VANDALISM
It’s amazing what miracles can be achieved by the New Zealand public service when the occasion calls. Non-urgent referrals for mental health assessments in New Zealand were waiting an average of 26 days just for their first face-to-face appointment (which is not an actual assessment: as
Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill Co-published with The Texas Tribune This story was originally published by ProPublica propublica.org Series: Under the Gun: How Gun Violence Is Impacting the Nation As America emerged from the pandemic, communities continued to experience a rising tide of gun violence. School shootings and
Once again, Australians are asking themselves, ‘Where’s Albo?’ Well, we know we can always find him somewhere overseas or doing a cringe Dad Dance at some pop starlet’s mega-concert. Where you won’t find him, though, is in a town like Alice. Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984–1990 governments. bassettbrashandhide.com The Labour Government lost the 2023 election when its support halved from 2020. It deserved to lose on
For going on a century and a half, the Ripper murders have exercised a continuous fascination on Western culture. Dozens of movies, hundreds of books and even pop songs have been inspired by the 19th-century serial killer. Not for nothing does the Ripper fictionally declare, in Alan Moore’s
Police are treating the painting over of a rainbow crossing in Auckland this morning as a hate crime. […] In a statement, Auckland City Central Area Commander Inspector Grant Tetzlaff said police made a number of enquiries into the incident on Thursday afternoon and founds [sic] some items of interest. Officers
Willful ignorance is the left’s greatest strength. The ability of the left to flatly deny what they don’t want to know about is almost impressive, in a way. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve raised a published, peer-reviewed, scientific, documented fact that
Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. Some may find it extraordinary to think that New Zealand’s largest trading partner thought it
As I wrote recently, the repeated insistence that illegal immigrants in the US are less likely to commit crimes than citizens is a myth based entirely on a handful of crank “studies” by a single pro-open borders activist. Nevertheless, by dint of endlessly repeating the lie, the left-media
Carrie Leonetti Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland Victims who experience family violence in New Zealand are treated differently, depending on which part of the justice system they turn to for help. But a new member’s bill before parliament could change all that. Currently, our law guarantees special
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com Is another Green MP on their way out? And are the Greens severely tarnished by another integrity scandal? For the second time in three months, the Green Party has
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at FEE. fee.org John Joseph Mearsheimer recently summed up in a single sentence why Julian Assange should go free. “Journalists don’t go to jail for publishing classified information in the United States,” Mr Mearsheimer, a political
I’m currently reading Jeff Fynn-Paul’s excellent American history, Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World. Call it a revision of revisionist history. While not shying away from the sometimes grim truths, Fynn-Paul demolishes nearly every grievance-mongering talking-point of the left,
Peter Allan Williams peterallanwilliams.substack.com Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week That Golriz Ghahraman and District Court Judge Maria Pecotic were once lawyer colleagues is incontrovertible. There is published evidence that
