Quick Hit: National’s Desperate War on Winston Peters
Attacking your own kingmaker instead of fixing your own failures is the behaviour of a government that knows it is sliding. It risks blowing up the coalition and hands the left a free narrative.
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New Zealand’s Rot Starts in Empty Pews
Christianity is not nostalgia. It is the operating system that once made this country work. Time to reinstall it – before the hard drive crashes for good.
The Art of Not Deciding
Why New Zealand – a small, connected, relatively wealthy democracy – consistently fails to move from idea to action and what that paralysis is really protecting.
Concerns Over Chinese Smart Vehicles
“In today’s security environment, these are no longer just cars. They are data platforms with the capacity to collect, store, and transmit sensitive personal and geolocation information,” said Nathan Seiuli, executive director of PILLAR NZ.
‘Gotcha’ Tova Learns the Hard Way
The prime minister is effectively telling her to ‘get stuffed’. Good on him. Tova turned a ‘gotcha’ moment on herself. How clever is that? All the kudos goes to Luxon.
Is This the Age of Substack?
If mainstream media won’t report on their own then others will have to.
Donation Shock: NZ First Leaves National in the Dust
Voters and donors alike are looking for alternatives. National had better start providing them or the river of donations will continue to flow elsewhere.
The Missing Man They Won’t Name
How New Zealand's law enforcement became an activist agency protecting a fiction, and the media reinforces the deception.
Luxon Has to Turn the Ship Around
National’s political ship needs to sail with the winds (voters), not against them. There’s a lot of water to go under the bridge between now and the election but the implementation of voters’ wishes will ensure smoother sailing in calmer waters.
Unreported for Nearly a Year
Inside the press gallery: power, silence, and the accountability gap in New Zealand media.
Media’s Selective Outrage: A Year of Silence on Their Own Homophobic Slur Scandal
New Zealand deserves better than a media class that holds everyone to account except its own members. The cover-up lasted nearly a year. The damage to their credibility will last much longer.
This Racist Relic Must Go
New Zealand was founded on the liberal promise of equal citizenship under one law for all. The Māori seats mock that promise. Abolish them.
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 30 – Shubz
Shubz joins me on the latest Good Oil Podcast. We talk iwi grift, “waste of Māori blood”, growing up political and why so many are still told Labour is their only option.