NZ Politics
Some Thoughts on This ‘Violence’
The vision is not of an evolving, egalitarian pluralism. It’s a dystopia of authoritarian wokery. In other words, a form of fascism.
These Courses Should Be Optional
Why would you take this highly controversial material and insist on making it compulsory for everyone? The university has done the right thing.
Winston Peters Takes On the Judges at Oxford – And He’s Spot On, Even If the Lefties Don’t Think So
We’ve had enough of courts playing politics. It’s time to rein them in and let democracy do its job. Good on you, Winston, for calling it like it is.
What an Effective Welfare System Might Look Like
The welfare system has evolved from providing a safety net for those genuinely unable to provide for themselves to offering an alternative lifestyle to paid employment.
Freedoms Exist to Be Exercised
My contribution to a recent legal symposium on religious freedom and belief, at BYU university in Utah.
Teachers Must Get Back in the Classroom
As the left and media wage war against this government and parents and students lose faith.
Back and Forth: A Whipsaw Democracy
A parliament that pulls one way this year and then pushes back in the opposite direction next year is courting its own demise.
The Fallout From This Legislation
The effect of Ardern’s Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill has irreversibly damaged young people’s lives and their families.
Retired Judge Warns of ‘Control Grid’
Harvey warned that mandatory age verification requirements could become the gateway to compulsory biometric data collection – effectively tying every citizen’s online activity to a digital identity framework.
Damien Grant Nails the BSA’s Overreach: Time to Pull the Plug on These Broadcasting Busybodies
Let the market sort it out: bad content dies a natural death when punters switch off. Time for the government to listen to their own minister’s old words and give the BSA the boot.
Paul Goldsmith’s Clueless Defence of the BSA’s Online Power Grab
David Seymour and Winston Peters came out swinging against the BSA’s power grab from the start. National just looks like Labour in disguise on media control.
Why Teachers’ Unions Should Stay Out of Foreign Politics
New Zealand’s classrooms are not political battlegrounds. They are places for learning.