Winston Calls Greens Retards and the Media Has a Spaz Attack
The Greens’ data centre policy remains retarded. The reaction to Peters saying so remains hysterical. And Winston remains, as ever, the man who refuses to play along.
NZ Politics
Waitaki Councillor and Broadcaster Jim Hopkins Dies
Hopkins was born in 1946 and spent most of his working life in and around broadcasting before he entered local government.
Locals Push Back Against $3.5 Billion AI Data Centre
Locals packed the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club to hear more about the company’s planned 78,000-square-metre facility at Makarewa. They questioned the complex’s electricity demand, noise, water use and potential infrastructure impacts.
Do You Smell Fish?
By converting emergency housing into a permanent tribal asset, surely the government has established a questionable precedent?
Which Greens Are Good for You
The garden variety of course. They are packed with, among other things, essential vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre that support overall health. As my wife will be quick to tell you, they are not my favourite food, but she serves them up on a regular basis, bless her. I am
Free Speech, but Not for Thee
Let’s be clear. Auckland Council doesn’t own council venues. Ratepayers own them. Auckland Council can’t stop people using them without good reason. And having opposing ideological views isn’t one of them.
National Is Promising You Other People’s Money
National doesn’t save us from ‘communism by stealth’. It enables it. Only principled opposition, with enough power to be effective, will lead us back towards personal responsibility and prosperity.
Luxon Caught Flat-Footed Again: Opportunity Rule-Out Was on the Hop
Yet another example of a leader caught flat-footed on basic politics, reaching for safe corporate language when a simple ‘no’ would have done.
Good and Bad Indicators for NZ Children and Young People
Is this where NZ, in 2026, should be?
The Text That Triggered the Outrage Machine
What we witnessed was a cool, hard political assassination co-ordinated through the National Party aided and abetted by the New Zealand media party.
Parents Are the Best Defence
PILLAR has consistently advocated for a Digital Bill of Rights approach that prioritises parental empowerment, digital literacy, education, targeted enforcement against genuinely illegal content, and privacy-respecting tools over broad government controls.
An Analysis of TOP’s Taxes
JD Amid the current MSM hoopla about TOP, momentarily muted as the press pack rushes off to dig up dirt on Paul Henry and Stuart Nash, there is one key TOP policy winning voter attention that is seldom mentioned. What’s driving TOP in the polls has nothing to do