NZ Politics
The Hidden Story of Marsden Point
How New Zealand’s taxpayer-owned refinery was lost to global neoliberalism.
You Don’t Miss the Water Until...
There is a cultural agenda being imposed on New Zealand. It has been allowed to develop thanks to successive governments. Our civil service, education system and even our courts and judiciary are now pervaded by an irrational desire to disembowel democracy and replace it with ethnocracy.
Guyon Espiner’s Latest Witch Hunt Against Winston Peters Falls Flat
The documents are stale, the connections are imaginary, and the public isn’t buying it. Winston’s response laid bare the absurdity and the declining listener numbers prove New Zealanders are done with the narrative.
The Fate of Sex Realists in Trans-Saturated Workplaces
The successful outcomes in the UK cases contrast with the unsuccessful case here. Sex realists have to hope that the success of their UK counterparts may yet influence local events.
The Law Commission IA Tangata Review
A review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Chris Hipkins and the Pie
This is propaganda. Chris Hipkins presided over lockdowns, mandates, a broken education system and an explosion in youth and gang crime.
Labour’s Pet Pollsters Paint a Rosy Picture, but the Coalition’s Still Standing
This poll’s a wake-up call for National. Luxon needs to stop playing the bland CEO and start showing some fire.
Face of the Day
“I’m not taking any lectures from frickin’ Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party” – Luxon
Can You Lodge Your Own ACC Claim?
The process may be frustrating and long winded, but you are entitled to care, support, and compensation. Be assertive. Be stubborn. Don’t take no for an answer.
The SodaStream Boycott Helps No One
The SodaStream boycott is not a principled stand. It is a performance. It sacrifices real Palestinian livelihoods for political theatre and it spreads lies to the New Zealand public. The real stain isn’t on SodaStream: it’s on PSNA.
The Commission on C-19 Phase Two
Taken as a whole, the commission’s positions, which we watched unfold live, appear to amount to a pre-determined and completely inadequate outcome.