To Be a Compliant Citizen
Aussie magpies decided surveillance is definitely (not) for the birds.
NZ Politics
Would We Be In Bad Company?
Is this another of Chris’s ‘big time outbursts’ that just might end up inflicting pain on his posterior.
We Must Win the Right
Play the system with tactical voting and spread the word by printing a hard copy.
She Was Silenced for Asking Questions
When local councils decide that keeping smooth relationships with activist groups matters more than democratic accountability, the system is broken.
Quick Hit: He Kept the $1.5b. He Hid the Invoice.
He kept the $1.5b. He will not name the hole. PREFU is 29 September.
Hung. And Hipkins Still Has a Job.
Eight-point lead. Hung parliament. Opportunity at 9.5% and holding the knife. The gallery built the Trojan horse. Labour on 24. Hipkins still has a job.
Auckland Has Nailed Attracting International Talent
Unfortunately, someone just found page two of the plan.
Hipkins’ Play for the Māori Seats
At every election, Labour promises to solve the problems of its own making. And sadly, many Māori keep believing the promise.
The MoE Must Change Its Policies
A dispute with a busy bees early childhood education centre exposes a wider problem with education policy: Teach English as English, teach te reo Māori as te reo Māori and stop turning language ‘opportunities’ into compulsion.
New Zealand and the Sovereignty Machine
The lesson is brutal but clear: in the modern political arena, fractured individual forces are doomed to failure. A collection of solitary actors, no matter how principled, will always be crushed by a disciplined, coordinated machine.
Opt for TOP
The media have shown once again how their intended bias puts them at serious odds with public opinion.
This Is Gaming the Election
One aspect of Kiwi culture is our desire to give everyone a fair go. But the flipside is that we have little tolerance for anyone attempting to play dirty. That’s what the Māori Party is aiming to do.
Non-Negotiable and Impossible
He will not pay. He will not leave. He cannot explain. The Americans already walked. The shelves did not empty.