NZ Politics
This Is Out of Control
For the clinicians and nurses who just want to look after patients, the whole situation is beyond frustrating. They are watching a health system in crisis and, instead of fixing the basics, the leadership seems obsessed with political symbolism.
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 21 – Geoff Upson
Geoff has spent years waging a one-man war on crumbling roads, bureaucratic inertia and the maddening gap between what officials promise and what actually gets fixed.
There Is a World of Possibilities
Now is the time for conversation (with or without TPM): it’s time to regroup, not just as Māori but as a people and a nation. Our country is at risk of being lost to foreigners and foreign influence and it has been that way for far too long.
This Backlash Is Only the Media
Athletes should be free to play and free to say “no thanks” to political messaging without the threat of cancellation hanging over them.
The KiwiSaver Revolving Door Power Loop
Simon Power’s KiwiSaver advocacy is therefore less about retirement savings than about profit, influence and the audacity of a system where cashflow is guaranteed, risk is socialised and reward is private.
One Law for All
Stand for a New Zealand where every child gets the education they deserve.
Blockers Are Banned for Our Kids
Casey Costello says they stared down the mob to get there.
Distrusting the Boys in Blue
Trust must be earned and when the NZ Police decided to get political around the rainbow alphabet they seriously shot themselves in the foot, so to speak.
The Spill Simmering in National: Coughlan’s Take Misses the Mark
With parliament rising soon, the clock’s ticking. Will Luxon steady the ship or will the agitators light the fuse?
The Spill is On? Who is Behind it?
From the gossip I am picking up, there are some back benchers supporting Bishop. There are at least 15 MPs who would benefit from Luxon going. So Bishop only needs 10 more to flip and it’s knife time.
NZ Mum on Sex Education Concerns
Parent opt-out ignored. Has this teacher broken the law? What are the repercussions? And will the recent Education and Training Act Amendment change anything?
Now Puberty Blockers Are Banned
The lobotomy of our time is over: New Zealand bans puberty blockers for kids.
The Next UN Head
If Ardern does secure the UN Secretary General role, she will be tasked with leading the UN’s ambitious global climate emergency agenda into the 2030s and beyond. Guterres has outlined that the UN is establishing a US$1.5 trillion global climate fund.