Woe Betide Us When Parliament’s Words No Longer Matter
New Zealand’s constitutional crisis, a culprit and the crux.
NZ Politics
Luxon’s China Love-In: A Naive Waltz with the Dragon
Luxon’s China trip was less a diplomatic triumph and more a cringe-worthy display of naïvety. He’s out there kissing butt, signing deals that sound big but mean little and pretending China’s not up to its eyeballs in anti-Western scheming.
News Briefing: 23 June 2025
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Shane Jones Vows to Resurrect Oil and Gas: A Middle Finger to Ardern’s Economic Sabotage
The green lobby will howl, the media will amplify their tantrums and the usual suspects will try to paint Jones as some sort of environmental antichrist. But he’s got the facts, the moxie and the mandate to push through.
Face of the Day
A scrutiny hearing quickly turned into an opportunity to attack the previous government – particularly former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and former Energy Minister Megan Woods – for banning oil and gas exploration in 2018.
Stuff and Incest: Where We’re at on the Slippery Slope
When an ‘explainer’ reads an awful lot like a justification.
New Zealand’s Holy Empire of Make Believe
Freedom doesn’t float in the stars. It lives down here – under your feet. And it’s time we fought for it.
Some Heritage Shouldn’t Be Preserved
It’s time we allowed common law to operate so the non-violation of your neighbour’s property rights determines appropriate development.
We Must Obey the Tribal Law
How race-based excuses, institutional infantilisation, iwi-centric devolution replaced child protection with racial sentimentality – why the state now enforces culture over law.
It Is a Question of Sovereignty
Since one parliament cannot bind another, the coalition needs to realise it no longer has to prop up a dangerous and highly destabilising law that was promoted by a party that is now openly advancing anarchy.
Jacinda Ardern Still Haunts Us, Luxon Flops and Hipkins Flounders: New Zealand’s Political Gene Pool Is a Puddle
New Zealand is desperate for someone with guts, vision and a bit of mongrel. Instead, we’re stuck with a has-been who ran away, a CEO who can’t sell and a placeholder who’s out of his depth.
Staff Frustrated as HR Pushes Wellness Sessions
But the latest internal communication has left some RNZ staff stunned, with one worker describing the situation as “absurd”.
DCC Should Stick to Potholes
By entertaining this motion, the council is making a mockery of its responsibilities and turning a serious international issue into a stage for political theatre.