These Speakers Symbolise NZ’s Stagnation
Willis cannot pretend she wants change when not a single one of her appointments intends to disrupt the old order.
NZ Politics
Can the Woke Left-Wing Leopards Change Their Spots?
This is Chris Hipkins’ toughest challenge: to persuade the voters that his left-wing leopards have, indeed, become conventionally gendered, non-woke pussy cats.
Councils Have to Break the Spending Addiction
I have a warning: councils are continuing to spend and make it worse. We have to stop them. Perhaps the message should be that when the shit hits the fan, we will make sure those councillors who got us into this mess lose their houses first.
Sovereignty Hangs in the Balance
We expect Luxon to lead the way, clearly and decisively, instead of delivering speeches that make us wonder whether he actually supports tribal control instead of being determined to uphold his election promise to eliminate it and heal the country.
News Briefing: 17 February 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Can Christopher Luxon grow his way out of a buyer’s remorse election? (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Can Christopher Luxon turn it around? (paywalled) Damien Grant (Stuff): ACT’s clarity a sticking point for Luxon in his
National’s New Ute Tax
I’m definitely getting a lot older, but the National playbook to scam voters is frozen in time.
This Is an Act of War
This is a line we must not cross. Never. For it is an ultimate betrayal of the people, of nature, and of our land. It is a wanton destruction of the perfect synchronisation of nature and the miracle it is.
PSA Takes Legal Action to Halt Cuts
Fiona McCarthy defended the agency’s restructuring as a necessary reset to improve frontline services.
Why Palestine, Why the Unis, Why NZ?
Protests against Israel are founded on a misunderstanding of these facts, and are funded by Arab money pouring into American universities to buy faculty and, by extension, student opinion; opinion which in turn has spread worldwide to those who slavishly follow all that is American and in vogue.
Specialist’s Truth on the State of Healthcare in New Zealand
Coupled with chronic underfunding, workforce shortages and systemic inefficiences, these critical issues indicate that ‘Rome is burning’ yet our leadership appears indifferent to the crisis
Clock Ticking for Luxon and Coalition
New Zealanders need to feel increased prosperity through significant economic growth long before the 2026 general election or Luxon risks becoming National’s only one-term prime minister.
Anti-fluoride Petition Is Presented to NZ First
New Zealand First has been encouraged to speak out on fluoridation now because of the petition and because of the New Zealand speaking tour of the American anti-fluoridation campaigner Michael Connett.
News Briefing: 14 February 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Matthew Hooton (Herald): Labour eyes swift return to Government (paywalled) Peter Dunne: Next election still National's to lose Herald: David Seymour’s letter to police advocating for Philip Polkinghorne - the full text and the questions the NZ Herald put to
This Is Racial Segregation in NZ
We let you know about Whanganui District Council's sneaky co-governance and sadly we have to advise you of another sneaky scheme...
There Is Having a Plan, Then There Is REALLY Having a Plan
We've all seen when what happens when someone says they have a plan: they get elected and then we discover to our detriment that it was all slogans.