Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards EMPLOYMENT Stuff: Workers' rights in for a shake-up in employment relations bill set to be introduced Kelly Dennett (Post): Bill barring high earners from unjustified dismissal cases introduced (paywalled) RNZ: Minister Brooke van Velden says sick leave cuts for part-timers is what businesses
In episode seven of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam has a long and lively discussion with Destiny Church leader, Brian Tamaki.
Trickle-down economics deserves recognition – as economics’ most successful bogeyman. Forever attacked, never defended, because there’s nobody home.
Unlike other judicial systems, we have no ‘independent’ panel or transparency of appointments.
This is the hard path New Zealand must now walk, moving from a system based on trust and informal codes to one with rigorous oversight and enforcement.
Do you mean to say you’re still having to teach basic grammar even when your students are at senior level? Convince me that this isn’t a Monty Python sketch.
Not only had state wokescolds insisted on affirming the girl’s gender identity in life, in death they were still determined to ‘educate’ the parents.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon on trade with China and getting on President Xi Jinping’s Christmas card list Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Christopher Luxon to meet Xi Jinping in visit to China Dan Brunskill (Interest): There is no plan Helen
New Zealand’s resources are a gift and it’s madness to lock them away while we beg for scraps from overseas. Shane Jones is right to tell the world we’re open for business.
The 2026 election is shaping up as a referendum on Luxon’s leadership – and right now he’s losing.
The current system promotes one group’s spiritual worldview, while restricting or excluding others – a clear form of institutional bias.
You have to ask yourself why is Willie taking on something that must inevitably end up as a lost cause.
New Zealanders deserve journalism that informs, not inflames. Democracy requires debate, not distortion. And moral clarity begins with naming evil where it lies.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, LOBBYING AND CORRUPTION, PUBLIC SECTOR Kelly Dennett (Post): The academic ruffling feathers in the political lobbying world (paywalled) ODT Editorial: Corroding corruption in NZ (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour overtakes National in post-Budget poll, economy top issue for New Zealanders RNZ: Labour leapfrog
