NZ Politics
Not Really About Selling Butter to India
The India FTA promises exporters freer access to markets, but behind the sales pitch sits a familiar Wellington miracle: fewer tariffs, more officials.
How to Win Big Revealed in Poll
If National reads these poll results, they might realise how out of touch they are with their voter base. The ‘woke’ MPs, including the PM, need to ditch their nonsense, grow a spine and start giving their supporters not only what they voted for but, what, in fact, they campaigned on.
Now Parliament Passing Legislation Is... Undemocratic?
Whacky reactions to proposed legislation extinguishing crazy climate Court cases. Mendacious Mike’s only role in court should be as defendant, for such things as his chainsaw vandalism of One Tree Hill’s iconic pine.
National’s Public Service ‘Cuts’ Are Late, Lame and Likely to Fizzle
The public is tired of endless bureaucracy and wants results, not more recycled promises.
Face of the Day
There are currently just over 63,000 full-time public servants, which is a slight decrease under this coalition government from the high of approximately 65,000 in the 2024/25 year.
Albo Is Just Copying Jacinda’s Homework Again
There’s not a failed idea from across the ditch Albo doesn’t love.
Why the Word Aotearoa Should Be Discarded
The name that unites us – the name recognised throughout the world – the name carried through war, peace, hardship, triumph, and generations of shared endeavour – is New Zealand.
The Creation of an Online State Regulator
History demonstrates that broad censorial powers rarely remain narrowly confined.
The Silence on Welfarism and Children
Problems don’t go away because you don’t talk about them. Talking about them is an essential prerequisite to progress.
Hipkins Drags Out Phoney War With Coalition
If Labour leads the next government, He Puapua will undoubtedly be back at full throttle – even though Hipkins will undoubtedly not mention it by name.
A Giant Leap Forward
Texas Attorney General Paxton forces Texas Children’s Hospital to open the nation’s first detransition clinic, pay $10 million, and fire the doctors who harmed kids.
