A Documentary: My Covid Story
A lived account of lockdowns, mandates and the human cost in New Zealand.
NZ Politics
This Is Not What Is on the Dinner Plate
This narrative normalises failure and lowers expectations. It tells people their circumstances are not really changeable without sweeping political transformation. That is not empowerment. It is treating people like children dressed up as compassion.
Winston Peters Springs the Trap on Māori Seats – And National’s in a Bind
This forces Christopher Luxon and his crew to confront their bad habit of selling out to Māori interests, a pattern that kicked off under Jim Bolger and went into overdrive with John Key.
Rugby, Risk and Finding the Truth
High‑impact rugby, young men in their prime and families left with more questions than answers.
Here To Change This Rotten Government
Given his propensity to shoot from the lip, Willie is well practised in retractions and back tracks.
Free Jimmy Lai
A good man is going to die in a Hong Kong prison for believing in freedom and democracy. His name is Jimmy Lai.
LNG Imports: A Band-Aid on Labour’s Self-Inflicted Wound
This LNG terminal might buy time, but it is no victory. It is an admission that ideology trumped common sense and now Kiwis foot the bill.
Wellington Citizens Are in It
Sewage, after all, is brutally egalitarian: it does not care about your values, your slogans, or your intentions. It simply goes where neglect sends it – and Wellington is swimming in it, some say, deservedly.
Waitangi Day 2026
The coalition, in spite of claiming they are committed to equal rights and opposed to race-based law, is not doing nearly enough to protect New Zealand from the threat of tribal rule.
Latest Taxpayers’ Union Poll: National Fails to Fire as Election Tightens
National needs to wake up. Time is running out to put the opposition away but it appears National and Luxon lack the killer instinct.
A Mirror Can Only Reflect What Is Standing in Front of It
Politicians mirror our preferences. Even non-participation, such as apathy or failing to vote, allows extreme adherents to dictate outcomes. This is the hard truth of representative government: change is slow because the system reflects us, as a people.
