Who Is To Blame for the State of Some School Entrants?
No, the benefit itself isn’t causal. It’s the lifestyle the benefit enables that does the damage. When will a future government recognise and act on this reality?
NZ Politics
On the Cession of Sovereignty, the Record Is Clear
History should discipline politics, not be reshaped by it. On sovereignty, the record is clear – but politically inconvenient for some.
Prebble’s Weak Defence of Open Doors Ignores Real New Zealand Concerns
Leaders must restore economic security and confidence. That starts with listening to voters rather than lecturing them about populism being bad.
It Seems Everyone Hates Brian
Was it really structural issues that shut down the bridge march? Or was it politics?
Exposing the Double Standards Around Words
In 2026, controversy markets better than ads, and nothing spreads faster than people pretending to be offended.
Why Hipkins’ Treaty Romanticism Divides New Zealand
Unity does not come from enforced reverence or ideological conformity. It comes from shared citizenship, shared law and shared national loyalty – held by individuals, not groups.
There Is So Much Inconsistency
It seems some in society are happy to accept inconsistency based on political preference. Got a far left or progressive cause – then all is well. Have a centre or right-wing view, too bad for you.
Labour’s Radical Partners Cost Votes: Coalition Lead Widens to Eight Points
Labour’s reliance on a toxic alliance with the Greens and Te Pati Maori keeps handing the government opportunities.
This Is Just Selective Moral Outrage
Pick a standard, Chris: you can’t rail against Trump’s board for including Putin while comfortably ignoring the UN’s roster of human-rights violators. Moral clarity isn’t selective. It’s universal – or it’s just politics masquerading as principle.
Helen Clark Just Cannot Shut The Hell Up About US Minerals Deal
The New Zealand media really need to stop asking her opinion on anything. Let her enjoy a harder dose of Relevance Deficit Disorder that she is clearly suffering from.
An Open Letter to Christian Parties
Why ‘Christian’ parties shouldn’t expect different results, unless…
Sam Hunt, Leading Without Authority but Unseen Elsewhere
Peter MacDonald Sam Hunt once said he could have become prime minister, as an accountant. Yet he chose a radically different path: poetry. He realised that while many follow ledgers or wield formal power, poets lead society in subtler ways, through observation, reflection and the quiet uncovering of truths that
Shane Jones Wisely Shuts Down New Zealand’s Involvement in Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Nonsense
RNZ can keep clutching their pearls, but the rest of us should thank Shane Jones for having the backbone to say no. New Zealand First, indeed.