NZ Politics
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.
C-19 Windows on Woefulness and Worse
In New Zealand, the China virus’ only gainful function has been to open our eyes even wider to the dishonesty of our power elites and health tsars, and to be even more suspicious of The Man, the Deep State, the Bloberati, official “inquiries”...
Bigger Benefits Won’t Help Children
A government that wants better for children whose parents can’t or won’t care for them properly would ensure that the substantial resource going into these homes was practical and effective.
And Now Conviction Becomes Misconduct
My story of professional loss, tested values and personal transformation.
Should You Have Killed Hitler?
The language is already here. There will be political violence. Over and over we are having political leaders declare the Hitler test is met – and there is no push back or censure. It just needs time. And the spark.
Māori Gods Rule the CRL Underworld
The collaboration between CRL and the Mana Whenua Forum is only the beginning of the panel’s ambitions. It has decided a case study of the relationship will “provide a framework for future large infrastructure developments to enter into mana whenua iwi partnerships for the benefit of all”.
Quick Hit: The Painter Went Surfing
Labour's $1.3b CGT assumes the painter still turns up. Grant says he goes surfing.