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.
NZ Politics
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.
Should We Stop Damning the Dame?
Having to spend two terms of government looking at the front of her, most were more than pleased to see the back of her.
Much Hangs on How You Vote on 12 October
Hamilton City Council is only one council being subjected to this kind of blackmail. Other councils are facing it too.
Luxon’s Medical School Gamble: Throwing Cash at Waikato’s Shaky Reputation
Luxon’s Government gets a half-hearted pat on the back for sticking to their word. But pushing ahead with a medical school at an institution with a shaky academic reputation? That’s a gamble... and not a smart one.
News Briefing: 22 July 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WAIKATO MEDICAL SCHOOL Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Waikato Medical School – A Costly case study in policy capture Adam Pearse (Herald): Neil Quigley denies conflict of interest as Reserve Bank chairman amid Waikato medical school deal (paywalled) Giles Dexter and Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Waikato
Face of the Day
Lesā said he had “decided to resign from everything” and would no longer run for re-election for the Manurewa local board.
The Numbers Grow Despite Tiny Workforce
It’s time we focused on and fully funded world-class palliative care – and not a lethal injection. We can live without euthanasia.
Open Letter to the Hon Winston Peters and NZ First MPs
It is sensible to await the consideration of the Royal Commission before taking steps which will enshrine automatic approvals and emergency use of gene technology in NZ law.
NZ’s Most Valuable Asset
Our over-65 pensioners aren’t a burden: they’re holding New Zealand together.
LARPing as Bums
And what about the half-empty cartons of Cody’s? The burnt meth pipes lying here and there? I mean, you have to at least be a little bit realistic.
The Many Are Watching While the Few Are Being Worshipped
A classroom coup in New Zealand. NZ’s education system risks collapse as identity politics replaces shared learning. When schools elevate the few, the many silently walk away.