Luxon’s leadership crisis: Bayly’s resignation exposes PM’s weak hand
“People like a leader who says, ‘This is what I stand for.’”
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Luxon tells parents to ‘make a Marmite sandwich’ over school lunch complaints
Let them eat Marmite.
Simeon Brown takes on media spin over health worker survey
98.5% of workers didn’t even bother responding.
Former FDA official exposes White House pressure to rush COVID vaccine approval
“If a politician wants to make a difficult decision, they should own it."
The fight for a knowledge-rich curriculum in New Zealand
The Decolonisation agenda has English in its crosshairs.
UN panics as Trump cuts off billions in US funding
“The US is under no obligation to fund globalism.”
The rise of Treaty ideology in NZ’s professional sectors
What do midwives, internet regulators, and pharmacists have in common?
Parenthood may slow brain ageing, study finds
Children offer parents something other than exhaustion.
UK trans doctors can erase disciplinary records
“There is a strong public interest in knowing a doctor’s disciplinary history...”
New Zealand’s defence dilemma in a world shaped by Trump, Putin, and Xi
Balancing economic ties with China and security ties with the US is becoming untenable.
‘It’s like a cult’: Whistleblower says trans activists in US cyber intel agency threaten national security
Summarised by Centrist In the US, a whistleblower has claimed that the National Security Agency...
Chris Bishop’s housing overhaul aims to break bureaucratic barriers
“It makes existing residents resistant to growth."
Meth use in NZ hits record high, but Ōpōtiki bucks the trend
Meth use plummeted by 50% after police dismantled a Mongrel Mob drug ring.
Satellites reveal world’s worst methane emitters—New Zealand doesn’t even register
The Sudd wetland in South Sudan tops the list at 4.5 million tons per year.
GRAHAM ADAMS: Tamihere’s woes
“Suddenly, Te Pāti Maori MPs have gone from political divas perpetually courting media attention to camera-shy dormice.”
Selective scrutiny: Charity status stripped for some, ignored for others
"They’re running advocacy campaigns. That’s politics.”