An Interview With James Meager
The minister for the South Island comments on a new data centre, space hub, league team, game animals and air links.
NZ Politics
‘Too Sick to Work’ Needs Addressing
Nobody can look at the evidence and deny a problem. Too many are languishing on benefits when the best thing for their mental health would be a job: a purpose, companionship and more money.
The Commissioner Responds to My Questions
Evidence should drive policy, not rights rhetoric shielding low-quality practice. Commissioner offers an activist-influenced viewpoint, not a rigorous, child-centred application of evidence and ethics.
The Inversion of NZ Education
Beware of teachers who tell your children WHAT to think instead of teaching them HOW to think.
Let Us First Establish the Basic Facts
If ever there was a policy that is crying out to be campaigned against, this TOP plan, to literally ‘top’ the elderly, is surely it. And it is tailor made for NZ First to take up.
Wishart Taking Media To Court
Wishart said the fight is not about climate change: it’s about making the media prove what they print.
TOP Is a Trojan Horse for the Left
Why a vote for the Opportunities Party is simply a vote for the Greens and Labour.
ACT Candidate Quits After China United Front Links Exposed – the Infiltration Pattern Just Keeps Growing
Do you want parties that let the CCP in the door or do you want ones that actually put New Zealand first? The choice is getting clearer by the day.
We Should Read Between the Lines
Smuggling in a regime of pre-emptive speech control. The right response is therefore the simplest one. Support the deepfake amendment for exactly what it is – a narrow, sound, self-contained closing of a gap in the law – and refuse, flatly, to let the commission’s wider regime ride in on its back.
A Look at TOP’s Citizen’s Income Policy
TOP just wants to redistribute more than ever before, with no strings and no obligations, all the while pretending they have a magic bullet to do away with complexity, EMTRs and to fire-up the economy. I don’t think they understand human nature.
In Deciding the 2026 Election
This is the sleeper issue of the 2026 election. The real test for political parties is whether they can step up to the challenge.
Luxon’s Political Deathwish
Until Luxon lifts his game and stops handing ammunition to the other side, the next election remains National’s to lose. Right now he is working overtime to make sure they do.
