How to Fix Our Councils
A guide to help concerned citizens organise for the next election. The system is broken.
NZ Politics
Christopher Luxon’s Important Trip to the Middle East
New Zealand is dipping its toes back into the Middle East. With a desert climate serving as a natural barrier to agriculture, the GCC countries are particularly willing buyers of New Zealand’s food exports.
NZ Politics Daily: 14 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVT LEGISLATION Anna Whyte (Post): Jam-packed political start lies ahead (paywalled) Spinoff: NZ politics in 2025: The big issues on which the year will hinge Dave Armstrong (Post): The country has bigger fish to fry (paywalled) Herald: David Seymour’s Treaty bill
The Unmasking of a Political Sociopath
I think I’ve gathered more than enough evidence to show that, rather than being the ‘queen of empathy’, Ms Ardern is a sociopath.
Why New Zealand Should Be the 51st State of America
Let’s draft a letter to the Don and offer to become the Swanndri-wearing, weird accented, good old boys of the deep deep American south.
How to Fix Our Councils
A guide to help concerned citizens organise for the next election. The system is broken.
NZ Politics Daily: 13 December 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Time for Labour to shrug off the shackles of election defeat Max Rashbrooke (Post): The honeymoon’s over, but a hangover’s just kicking in (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour’s message for 2026: Are you
Amazing What a Change of Government Does
NZ’s worst landlord has issued 553 ‘Section 55A notices’ since July 2024, up from 41 issued during the same period the previous year.
Some Well-Deserved New Year Honours
There are too many to name, but you’ll have a good idea of who they are. They expand everyone’s space, sense of determination and resolve.
I Do Not Think They’ll Win
If the Māori party and others weren’t so ignorant of both history and other matters they would think very carefully before crossing the British.
The Maori Party vs the Good of the Country
If the Government is genuine in its desire to ‘get things done’, they should use Seymour’s bill as the vehicle to start a serious discussion.
Why Don’t We Trust Ordinary People?
Whenever I hear the descriptors ‘far right’ and ‘populist’, I hear instead the frustrated lament of the despised and disregarded ordinary citizen.
NZ Politics Daily: 10 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Matthew Hooton (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill submissions received, but there are issues leaving race debate in dust (paywalled) Rob Campbell (Post): Betting you’ll come out on the better side, when most won’t (paywalled) Pokere Paewai (RNZ)
Fake News from Radio NZ
Radio NZ writes an entire article based on nothing more than a guess and a political agenda