It’s impossible to understand why there should have been the slightest criticism of Helen Clark and John Key for attending the parade. In helping to preserve New Zealand’s relationship with our most important trading partner, we owe them our gratitude.
What saves Luxon, ultimately, is that National’s the party of the status quo. They’re allergic to rocking the boat – always have been.
NZDSOS urges a re-evaluation to protect free speech and professional integrity in medicine.
'Ia Tangata' has been published and it is as bad as I predicted.
The proposed changes to the Human Rights Act are not progressive, they are regressive. They undermine biological reality, jeopardise fairness and risk creating new injustices in the name of solving old ones.
Davidson goes not with the blessing of the public, but with the mandate of the Green Party list. He is more likely to show up at whatever protest is fashionable than deliver anything resembling real change.
The upshot is Luxon will be saved, to some degree, by what the alternative is.
Te Pāti Māori win easily – but how about that turnout?
The big worry is that Labour needs the nutters in the Greens and the racists in Te Pāti Māori to govern. That is a toxic mix waiting to happen if the centre-right does not get its act together.
I could send my son to school – but he would not be learning te Reo as a language. He would be learning te Ao. I do not consent.
With arrests taking place in both Australia and the UK over people simply displaying the national flag, it is worth highlighting a disturbing case closer to home.
There’s no good reason why a bunch of friends in what amounts to a private place, or similar, shouldn’t be able to enjoy a few drinks. I’d say the police are bored with nothing better to do. Or maybe they’ve been looking at the UK and thinking “If it was only like that here…”
Actions have consequences, Hannah. You fucked around: now you’re finding out. Stupid is as stupid does.
Hooton’s piece is entertaining fodder, but it’s wishful thinking from a guy who has been wrong before. The National Party’s inertia will keep Luxon in the saddle, for better or worse.
