Exposing the Double Standards Around Words
In 2026, controversy markets better than ads, and nothing spreads faster than people pretending to be offended.
NZ Politics
Why Hipkins’ Treaty Romanticism Divides New Zealand
Unity does not come from enforced reverence or ideological conformity. It comes from shared citizenship, shared law and shared national loyalty – held by individuals, not groups.
There Is So Much Inconsistency
It seems some in society are happy to accept inconsistency based on political preference. Got a far left or progressive cause – then all is well. Have a centre or right-wing view, too bad for you.
Labour’s Radical Partners Cost Votes: Coalition Lead Widens to Eight Points
Labour’s reliance on a toxic alliance with the Greens and Te Pati Maori keeps handing the government opportunities.
This Is Just Selective Moral Outrage
Pick a standard, Chris: you can’t rail against Trump’s board for including Putin while comfortably ignoring the UN’s roster of human-rights violators. Moral clarity isn’t selective. It’s universal – or it’s just politics masquerading as principle.
Helen Clark Just Cannot Shut The Hell Up About US Minerals Deal
The New Zealand media really need to stop asking her opinion on anything. Let her enjoy a harder dose of Relevance Deficit Disorder that she is clearly suffering from.
An Open Letter to Christian Parties
Why ‘Christian’ parties shouldn’t expect different results, unless…
Sam Hunt, Leading Without Authority but Unseen Elsewhere
Peter MacDonald Sam Hunt once said he could have become prime minister, as an accountant. Yet he chose a radically different path: poetry. He realised that while many follow ledgers or wield formal power, poets lead society in subtler ways, through observation, reflection and the quiet uncovering of truths that
Shane Jones Wisely Shuts Down New Zealand’s Involvement in Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Nonsense
RNZ can keep clutching their pearls, but the rest of us should thank Shane Jones for having the backbone to say no. New Zealand First, indeed.
The RMA Reforms
The new laws must apply equally to all New Zealanders, without privilege or veto powers based on race.
A Small but Loud Circle
How a compact network of activists, media, institutions and politicians shape the left-liberal agenda in New Zealand.
Democracy Must Have a Neutral Ground
Local government exists to serve everyone – and that requires neutral ground.