The Damage to NZ Students
Dr Oliver Hartwich of the NZ Initiative previously asserted that the solution to the issues created by NZ’s Ministry of Education involved a truckload of TNT. They haven’t changed under the new government.
NZ Politics
It Is All Just Mad
Upon them and the BBC, and Rachel Reeves and Barbara Edmonds and their politics of envy and tyranny in the service of Islamo-Marxism, I bestow the bodily fluid projectile they all deserve: the Barf Award!
Cambridge Road – Where the Good Oil Flows
Pull up a chair, leave your troubles behind – good friends, good food, the best you’ll find.
School Lunches Are the Media’s Top Story?
Meanwhile, real stories are sitting right in front of them. Political scandals. Integrity issues. Questions of transparency. Things that should actually matter in a functioning democracy.
When 87% of Us Say ‘No’
We need to push back. Hard. Especially going into an election year. We are not the fringe. It is time we stopped allowing others to treat us like we are!
Exclusive: Documents Expose Willie Jackson's Trespass Shenanigans to Bust Union and Shield His Manky Missus
Willie Jackson loves to bang on about workers' rights and union power until it threatens to expose his wife's alleged bullying at MUMA. Then he turns into a trespass-issuing tyrant, banning union reps from the marae like some feudal lord protecting his castle.
Te Pāti Māori’s Circus Act Hits a Judicial Speed Bump: Kapa-Kingi Back in the Tent for Now
Te Pāti Māori might fancy themselves as the voice of Māori aspiration but, right now, they’re looking more like a bunch of clowns who’ve forgotten their script.
Face of the Day
The Herald understands Justice Radich has found in favour of Kapa-Kingi.
Should We Trust Labour
There have been a few clangers recently. Some are hypocritical, some are laced with irony, some have both and some are straight out misleading.
This Matters for All Whistleblowers
The Barry Young hearing on 11 December. If the court rules that only those with specialised expertise can have “reasonable grounds” to raise concerns, it effectively nullifies whistleblower protection for most New Zealand workers.
Health Select Committee Blows Up Over Nicotine Pouches, But Ayesha Verrall’s Hypocrisy Steals the Show
Costello is trying to balance harm reduction with protections for kids, but Verrall and her Otago mates are too busy protecting Big Tobacco’s pet projects. New Zealand deserves better than this compromised claptrap.
Face of the Day
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi argues that John Tamihere is unlawfully in the role of party president.
Will the Covid-19 Inquiry Deliver Justice?
Or is this another exercise in damage control?
The Battle of the Bridge
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has accused New Zealand Police of political bias and “double standards” after officers signalled they would not facilitate his group’s planned march across the Auckland Harbour Bridge on 31 January.