New Legislation and Tougher Consequences Pass
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the reforms deliver on the government’s promise to restore real consequences for crime.
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News Briefing: 28 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, CRIME, POLICE Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): What planet are the Greens on? It’s not called reality (paywalled) Emmy Rākete, Grace Gordon and Peyton Bond (Spinoff): Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says Barry Soper (Newstalk
The Hypocrisy of E Tū: Whinging About ‘Undue Influence’
It’s about a union terrified of losing its grip on a narrative it has long taken for granted. Grenon’s not the threat here – E tū’s hypocrisy is.
Face of the Day
The two organisations were approached for comment, asking if they had raised any concerns with Paul about police officers’ engagement with homeless people.
The Soviet-Style Censorship of NZ Doctors
The censoring of doctors – even the ‘expert’ public health ones.
The NZ Herald’s Board Should Be Fired
The Herald’s bias got me into trouble, since Nats started asking why I hated them so much, writing critiques of them and not Labour. The truth was that the critiques of Labour were rejected.
Christopher Theseus and His Indian Ship of State
If the mast on New Zealand’s ship of state breaks and must be replaced with an Indian mast, how soon before the entire ship becomes an Indian ship?
Winston Speaks the Language of the Right
It is time for National to rethink how it views some domestic issues. Winston is completely on song with his followers. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for National.
The Taxation Enigma
But assuming rationality in human behaviour is always a huge miscalculation in ignoring the reality of our more common irrationality.
News Briefing: 27 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, CRIME, POLICE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What a Green MP said about police, and why it’s being called ‘nutty’, ‘stupid’ and ‘la la land stuff’ Grant Duncan: The Green Police Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Green MP Tamatha Paul doubles down on criticism of police
Prebble Talks Sense on Luxon
Thomas Paine, the English-born American patriot and one of the founding fathers, once said “lead, follow or get out of the way”.
Heather Simpson Was Responsible for Health NZ
Now she’s been promoted to director of inter-island ferry procurement.
If Luxon Stays, the Country Blunders On
He must go. His party must put New Zealand’s future and democratic foundations first.
The Right Coalition Is Crashing
Voters who find themselves disappointed in the current government should realise that these parties are actually delivering what they promised – for all the talk of efficiency, they never promised real change. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
It Is the Lifeblood of Progress
It is time the coalition put the interests of New Zealand first by abandoning net-zero policies in order to focus on economic growth.
News Briefing: 26 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, OIA Joel MacManus (Spinoff): How new electorate boundaries could affect key races in the 2026 election Giles Dexter (RNZ): Labour's Greg O'Connor plans to stick around even if his Ōhāriu seat is carved up RNZ: Wellington to lose