NZ Politics
Is This Any Different to a Mafia Protection Scheme?
This ‘pay the money and you can have your cultural assessment…’ goes against all that is fair and democratic. It actually diminishes their own mana!
From Groundbreaking Foundations to a Modern Crisis
Residents and engineers know the real cause is man-made neglect of infrastructure, yet this inconvenient truth is largely ignored.
Win for Victims: New Law Puts Survivors at the Centre of Justice
Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Act 2025
Steady Work to Fix This Mess
We’re halfway out of the ditch Labour dug. Keep the faith. Back the coalition. One people, one flag and one bloody awesome country.
Whakapapa and Citizenship Are Not the Same
I explore why one’s ancestry and heritage are not the same as citizenship. I also ask, do we need the Waitangi Tribunal anymore?
Luxon’s Woman Woes: National Sinks Below 30 Per Cent and the PM Cannot Charm the Ladies
This lack of appeal to women is turning into a full-blown electoral headache for National. Current polling spells doom for their list seats, with the party scraping fewer spots in parliament.
Netball New Zealand’s Leadership Crisis
The Noeline Taurua fiasco exposes a deeper problem.
Bringing the Benefits of Hamilton Island to the Far North
Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop have done some good work with proposed roading improvements to the Far North. A much more significant improvement would be to make the Kerikeri Airport fully international. In 10 years Northland could go from the poorest to the wealthiest NZ province.
Over-Reach From the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Staying within the lines: over-reach from the Broadcasting Standards Authority and how it can be fixed.
Waitangi Tribunal Recommends Different Citizen Rules
It’s another day in New Zealand and another attack on equal rights. The Waitangi Tribunal released its Citizenship Report (Wai 3513), and what they’re proposing should send a chill down the spine of every New Zealander who still believes in one law for all. This isn’t some
Te Pāti Māori’s Open Warfare: Tamihere’s Faction Takes on the Rest
Ironically, Te Pāti Māori is now practising the old tactic of divide and conquer on themselves. Managing the ‘uppity natives’ by splitting them apart? They are doing it to their own ranks.
How Much of Climate Change Is Man-Made?
We must stop tolerating incorrect, fabricated, extreme climate modelling scenarios to construct doom-laden predictions that allow MPs and government lackeys to scare the public. All of which is employed to justify outlandish and unnecessary government spending.
We Should All Be Equal Before the Law
Maybe second generation citizenship is worthwhile – but for everybody.