Culture
Do You Remember Kelvin Davis?
When establishing the Office for Māori Crown Relations in 2019, I bet Kelvin never imagined his reach would go so far! Oh, and a postscript on the MACA legislation: Te Pāti Māori will repeal this legislation in their first 100 days!
The Parents of the Assassin
This family gave another grieving family closure. We owe them thanks and compassion for displaying moral courage when it counted. The sins of their son are not theirs. They need and deserve our parental prayers. Under present grooming circumstances, there but for the grace of God go all of us.
AI Slop: We’ve Been Here Before
The similarities between ‘AI slop’ and the first decades of cinema.
Museums Need Neutral Viewpoints and Stronger Science
Making science exhibitions share space with cultural content, and challenging ‘colonial’ narratives, is risky. If politicians, donors, and the visiting public tire of a bias of culture over science, then visitation and funding may be threatened.
Māori Need Better Role Models
I’m thankful that Cam has highlighted alternative Māori voices that I don’t think we would otherwise have heard from – figures such as Brian Tamaki, Lee Taituha and Corina Shields. These are the people that Māori should be listening to.
To Reinstate Democracy in New Zealand
If democracy in New Zealand is to endure, these race-based structures must be dismantled by the coalition. It’s time to draw the line and take our country back.
Removing History of Art Is a Mistake
‘Do I think it’s a good idea to scrap art history? No, I think it’s a terrible, tragic idea’ – Dame Jane Campion.
As They Say in Dearborn, لست مرحباً هنا
Today, local Muslim leaders are telling Americans they are not welcome in their own communities, in their own country.
Another Salvo in the War on the West
The Albanese government is destroying a century-old Anzac tradition.
The Instinct to Hurt Those With Whom One Disagrees
We must learn to notice those instincts so that we can signal appropriate disgust wherever we encounter them.
There Are No Ordinary People
Ordinary people can be locked down, surveilled, imprisoned, cordoned off, written off, dosed up on junk food and fat jabs, made to install inefficient heat pumps, sacked, housed in ugly new builds, left uneducated, laughed at and looked down upon, because they’re only ordinary.
