In a 5am spot yesterday, Stuff published this opinion piece. It’s an interesting summation. Last week the Prime Minister decried the level of bank profits and asked, “in the current environment, does it speak to a level of social licence?” She then continued in a nice bit of Maoist
Oh no! It looks like poor Kate Hannah is now having to protect herself from knitting and handicrafts mums and white girls with braided hair! Those who study disinformation and online extremism are themselves increasingly the targets of harassment, abuse and threatening behaviour. The latest example came this week when
Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura World leaders are meeting at the latest UN climate conference COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. These meetings are a gathering of the great and the good in the climate change world. Some will fly to Egypt in their private jets to lecture us all
If the National Party want to win big next year, they need look no further than the American midterm elections. There was supposed to be, according to the polls, a red wave with a substantial Republican majority in the House and a workable majority in the Senate. This turned out
Two topics to consider this morning. First, in case you missed it, a biological male recently won a beauty competition run by the Miss America Organisation. It’s a little contentious. See here and here. Second, while jetting off overseas, yet again, our prime minister made sure to capitalise on
Information Opinion There is a lot to like about Mayor Wayne Brown’s first few weeks in office. Already there is a stark contrast between the incumbent and the man he replaced. Brown, a man of action, has only served to highlight the inertia of the previous wearer of the
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. Information Opinion In August 2022 Wellington mayoral candidate Tory Whanau, along with other Green and Labour candidates and sitting councillors, attended a counter-demonstration organised by the Wellington section of Antifa, a worldwide organisation known for its chosen
Information Opinion Air NZ is celebrating World Pride 2023 with free trips across the Tasman under the banner ‘Aniwaniwa i te rangi’ (rainbow in the sky) with a RuPaul Drag Race Down Under celebrity on board for entertainment. Clever marketing to capture two very fashionable groups in one hit – Maori
Mary Hobbs freenz.substack.com Information Opinion “You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because
The latest Taxpayer’s Union/Curia poll is out and it delivers yet another data set that shows Kiwi voters are tiring of the Ardern regime. It certainly delivers more bad news for Labour as they press ahead with their divisive and racist policies. PartySupportChange from last monthNational37.6%down
The PM waves her arms around asking for them to show ‘a bit of social conscience’ and the opposition sits on their hands with zero ideas about what is going on. It’s no surprise that bank charges and profits are higher here than they are in Australia. Canberra is
Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused
Despite strong, negative public reaction in more than 88,000 submissions on the controversial topic of co-governance, a deaf ear has been turned to the public feedback on Three Waters reform. As they have voiced in the past, National and Act have opposed the implementation of co-governance as
Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused
