People Have Rights, Religions Do Not
We need a state confident enough to say that no mosque, church, temple, synagogue, prophet, scripture, imam, pastor or ideology is above criticism. Not one.
NZ Politics
National’s Three Card Trick: Steal the Credit, Blame the Partners, Hope No One Notices
The way National is selling it tells you everything about how they operate. Steal the good ideas. Blame the partners for the hard bits. Hope the voters are too busy looking at the playground photos to notice the pattern.
This Commission Wants More Government
Innovation is in New Zealand farming’s DNA. Farming has overcome seemingly impossible obstacles before, including producing competitively for markets on the opposite side of the world.
Christians Join In
Interviewed about the report, a Salvation Army spokesperson said, “Around 10 per cent of those needing food support are in employment.” Meaning 90 per cent are on welfare.
Soft, Hard and Muddled Multiculturalism
After travelling through Morocco and Portugal, and attending conferences in London, I found myself asking a simple question: can a nation remain coherent if it no longer believes in its own culture?
Mouthing off Is Now a No No
If we take everything that is said too seriously, we are in danger of completely losing our sense of humour.
These Backdoor Agendas You Don’t Know About
This is how these far-left extremists get their agendas in through the back door. It’s not a weird conspiracy theory: it is a weird conspiracy fact.
Media’s New Darling: Opportunity’s Magical Rise to Almost-Relevant
A left-wing party that refuses to admit it is left-wing has been gifted credibility it has not earned, while the same media that spent years dismissing similar parties now act as its unpaid campaign managers.
Health Troughers Demand You Suffer So Others Can Be Saved From Themselves
If the Health Coalition wants to keep framing the issue as industry greed versus public good, it should at least drop the pretence that its solutions respect individual agency. They do not.
193 Schools Queue To Rediscover Walls
The traditional classroom can now return under a more modern name. Adaptive enclosed learning environment should do it. That allows schools to install four walls and a door without admitting the basic design was already familiar to everybody’s grandparents.
The Supermarket Break-up Is Back
If competition is coming from every direction, the main supermarket groups are coping with it remarkably well.
The Mayors Are Divided Over Council Reforms
Nelson and Waitaki have settled on preferred options, Canterbury and Otago councils are still testing theirs, while some West Coast leaders say communities have not had enough time to properly consider the changes.
