The BBC and MSM Media Crisis
We should not have to put up with biased media. Journalism should be independent, impartial, and balanced. Their mission should be to inform citizens, not manipulate them.
NZ Politics
Twenty More Bent Coppers Caught Snooping Through Police Systems
This rot goes deep. It is systemic. And until someone with a backbone rips the whole corrupt structure apart and rebuilds it, nothing will change.
What Privilege Sounds Like in 2025
RNZ, as a taxpayer-owned entity has a responsibility to ensure its coverage of news and current affairs is neutral, fair and balanced – an obligation that it constantly disregards.
Gisborne’s Street Protesters Celebrated a Win
According to the Gisborne Herald, the council’s chief executive mused that “another option to slow traffic could be to reduce the speed limit”. After spending a million dollars, they finally think of that.
Never Waste a Good Crisis
Go the Breakers. And go the coalition. Please. As crises go, the rot at the top of the cops is a whopper. Use it well.
Luxon’s Cosplay Will Lead to Failure
Unless it is radically rethought – or preferably abandoned – it will create more problems than it solves and set the stage for even worse legislation to follow.
Stanford Does a Reverse Ferret
And redeems herself. The furore over Treaty flip-flop boosts her credentials.
Tova O’Brien Finally Wakes up to Luxon's Poll Disaster – She’s Been Reading the Good Oil
The voters are speaking, Chris. They are just not saying what you want to hear. And the louder you keep blaming Labour, the more you sound exactly like the people we booted out two years ago.
Nurse Faces Misconduct Charges for Her Views
She says they are now moving toward punitive action that could leave her unemployed by January, when her hearing is due to take place.
Maree’s Book Review: Godzone’s Enemies
If you’ve been watching the recent turmoil within the Greens and Te Pāti Māori and Labour, Loudon’s book invites you to look more closely at the people behind the politicians, who and what motivates them – and to draw your own conclusions.
Coster’s Legacy and the Fallout
Part Three: What the McSkimming scandal means for politics in New Zealand.
Now Is a Good Time to Get Rid of Māori Seats
Focusing on the needs of all Kiwis is proving to serve the needs of Māori better than the divisive race-based approach of the last government. Sign the petition.
This Is Politics vs Civil Liberties
Given that it’s so obvious that it’s much better to test for impairment than presence, I can’t help but think that all this is more about politics rather than road safety.