Clones In the Classroom
Why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools.
NZ Politics
400+ Children Change Sex On Passport
It is evidence of a confused culture when it can’t even recognise biological facts when it comes to international travel documents.
The Serious Long-Term Health Prospects
The fact that Health New Zealand has not acknowledged the import of their own statistics is a huge failure of intelligence. It is all but unforgivable.
NZ Politics Daily: 24 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PUBLIC SERVICE David Farrar: The role of the public service is not to create shoppers Luke Malpass (Post): The WFH public sector party is over (paywalled) RNZ: Government's anti-working from home move a 'total distraction' - union Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff)
150 Developing Nations Are on Track to Overtake Us
A succession of National and Labour governments have turned NZ into one of the planet’s worst performing economies.
What’s Going On With Our Kids?
A continuing conversation. You have the right and authority to see exactly what is being taught. Reclaim your role as parent.
Mehrtens Free After Long Hostage Ordeal
According to the local police, Mehrtens was freed and picked up by a joint team in Nduga Regency.
There Was No ‘Project 2023’
The fate of the coalition Government’s ill-thought-out effort to roll back the cultural changes of the Labour Government highlights the difficulties of acting without first securing the active support of both the state apparatus and the wielders of the society’s ‘soft power’.
The Fate of NZ’s Entire Health System
I suggest the greatest priority of Chris Luxon is to fly without delay to France, or Singapore, and learn about how things can be done better.
NZ Politics Daily: 23 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT Derek Cheng (Herald): In the pocket of the gun lobby? Firearms Minister's messages revealed (paywalled) Janet Wilson (Post): Ministers can claim the political win, but democracy is the loser (paywalled) Vernon Small (SST): Luxon’s venting over ‘frickin’ targets’ is a
Tory, Dear, Your Trousers Are Alight
Thick as a brick, stupid to boot and now a proven liar.
It’s the Economy Stupid
The Government should be careful it’s not sleepwalking the country into the final act of a disaster decades in the making.
Why the Gun Register Will Fail – Part Two
Here is yet another example of why the much-vaunted gun register will fail.
Was This the Last Straw for ‘Welcome to Country’?
Australians are only going to take so much of insults and grifts.