Stay Right Where You Are, New Zealanders
Australia is in trouble enough without Wellington wokies flocking here.
Economy
Guess Who Is Funding the White Anting of Our Democracy?
This was just another taxpayer-funded junket for Māori Sovereignty activists to slam the ‘racist’ government.
I Told You So
This isn’t all bad news. Just like the internet took away many jobs, it has created far more new jobs and new opportunities.
Some People May Have Children to Gain Income Support
The reality is this: it is cruel and callous to incentivise the birth of otherwise unwanted children. And it is a cruel and callous person who produces a child purely for their own monetary gain.
COP30’s Agenda Is Really About Power
If COP30 in Belém is remembered as the ‘COP of truth,’ it should be because citizens saw the truth: behind the rainforest backdrop and people-friendly branding, this process is concentrating power far from the people it claims to serve.
The KiwiSaver Revolving Door Power Loop
Simon Power’s KiwiSaver advocacy is therefore less about retirement savings than about profit, influence and the audacity of a system where cashflow is guaranteed, risk is socialised and reward is private.
Gisborne’s Street Protesters Celebrated a Win
According to the Gisborne Herald, the council’s chief executive mused that “another option to slow traffic could be to reduce the speed limit”. After spending a million dollars, they finally think of that.
Never Waste a Good Crisis
Go the Breakers. And go the coalition. Please. As crises go, the rot at the top of the cops is a whopper. Use it well.
No, Sanctions Didn’t Destroy This
Venezuela’s five-stage socialist collapse dismantled the rule of law, destroyed investment, and unleashed hyperinflation, long before Washington acted.
A Government on the Edge
Underpinning all these stories is the simple and unpalatable fact that the country is living wildly beyond its means and that political leadership is in crisis with a chancellor sinking into quicksand.
Latest Benefit Data and Three Observations
At 411,012 in October 2025, New Zealand has the highest absolute number of beneficiaries ever.