So when austerity is demanded and rates rise, it’s not just financial necessity – it’s the machinery of a profit-driven system operating on the city’s lifeblood. The question remains, are we managing our city for the public good or for private profit?
Let’s not underestimate the significance of the 42 council referendums (see below for the full list of councils).
In episode 12 of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam is joined by Kiwi-Indian entrepreneur and former ACT candidate Ash Parmar.
Peace does not come through rewarding violence. It comes through shared responsibility – and truth.
Trump announces ‘there are only two sexes’. Mother responds, ‘It’s important that we not raise our children hearing that sort of hateful speech,’ and moves her family to ‘progressive’ New Zealand
The new charge will apply to international tourists visiting high-traffic destinations.
Someday soon, we will find ourselves subjects in a digital gulag, constantly monitored and judged and always one little misstep away from being cast out into digital exile.
I don’t know, maybe regular readers of the Spinoff would find all this hilarious. All I see is the far-left showing everybody else how it sees the rest of us.
Stuff is calling for Kiwis to share views on what's happening in Israel and Gaza, but don't expect there to be any balance.
Look, nobody’s saying you have to forget the past. But holding it over someone’s head forever is a cheap shot. We’ve all got skeletons in our closets: what matters is what we do next.
We know what’s at stake: a thriving economy or a return to Labour’s dark ages. The coalition’s got it right – now they just need to see it through.
Join Stephen and I as we discuss kids books, library policies, whether we can actually have our concerns heard or not, and, if not, why not?
This is the same logic that justified Covid vaccine mandates – the state knows best, individual rights don’t matter, and anyone who questions medical authoritarianism represents only “private interests”.
New Zealand women are being told to wait, fly across the country, or potentially cross international borders to receive care they should get in their own hospital.
