Alwyn Poole Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. Justifiably, Louise Upston was
Wanjiru Njoya Mises Wire Those who have (wisely) not been following the “decolonization” debate may be surprised to learn that decolonizers characterize reason and rationality as cultural constructs that ought to be rejected, as these are said to be “based upon epistemological assumptions deeply rooted in the Western philosophical tradition”
Gary Bauer PA Pundits International Around 1:30 AM Wednesday morning, New York City police officers pulled over an SUV with obstructed license plates. When officers searched the vehicle, they found an arsenal of weapons: a loaded gun with nine loaded magazines, NYPD gear including body armor, knives, handcuffs, a
Ian Brodie, Cape Breton University and Moira Marsh, Indiana University “Dad, I’m hungry.” “Hi, hungry. I’m Dad.” If you haven’t been asleep for the past 20 years, you’ll probably recognize this exchange as a dad joke. The term dad joke is credited to a June 20,
The end result can be not feeling like a “real” Maori, but not a “real” Pakeha either. That space between cultures is a strange and uncomfortable place […] Over time, I’ve learned the only way to coexist with that awkward space between is to remember who your tupuna were […] Let’
Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Mo. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harbours
Robert Hoffmann, University of Tasmania and Maria Teresa Beamond, RMIT University The Australian Defence Force is facing an acute recruitment crisis. Only 80% of the 69,000 personnel needed to meet future challenges have signed up. The government recently announced recruitment will be opened up to some foreign citizens to
Social media, as Mike Tyson famously said, “made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it”. Occasionally, though, someone learns the hard way that online disrespect can lead to offline consequences. When Spanish comedian Jaime Caravaca responded to a tweet from
Margaret Hickey Margaret Hickey is a regular contributor to Position Papers and Mercator. She is a mother of three and lives with her husband in Blarney. mercatornet.com The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt | Allen Lane, 2024,
Bryce Edwards I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government democracyproject.substack.com The Te Pati Maori scandal is becoming much fiercer and more serious. Ever since the allegations emerged on
(Unfortunately, the YouTube videos linked are blocked on third-party websites, but readers can click to watch them on the YouTube site.) Boomers like to brag that the 60s was a time of social change, which is true enough, but the 60s don’t hold a candle to the staggering social
Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com Here’s the latest media release from Family First NZ… A new website WokeUp.nz has just been launched by Family First NZ. The website documents wokeness in New Zealand-based businesses so that Kiwi consumers can decide for themselves who to do business with and who
William Huang William Huang is an avid researcher of China and East Asia’s looming demographic crisis. A product of China’s one-child policy, it was only when he went overseas to study that he realised just how much damage this policy has done to the Chinese nation and his
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 Beware of ministers and mayors with simple solutions to any city’s problems! A series of snake-oil salesmen have
Are we done with ‘Multiculturalism’, yet? Of course we are – the elite just won’t admit it. No matter how many times they prod the festering corpse, we all know Multiculturalism is a dead ideology. It was dead on arrival, of course, but this year the smell just got too
Bruce Logan Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ familyfirst.org.nz The rise of ‘boutique multiculturalism’ – by Bruce Logan Richard Dawkins, atheist extraordinaire and apprentice conservative, has not been on the road to Damascus, but somewhat belatedly he has recognised the significance of what we have
