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Simon Anderson Simon Anderson is a technology consultant and citizen photojournalist based in Auckland. I copped a fair amount of flak for publishing footage of two politicians sitting together outside a cafe. The essence of much of the criticism was that politicians are entitled to private lives – which of course
Family First says that the latest abortion statistics make grim and upsetting reading, with a 25 per cent increase in abortions since the decriminalisation of abortion in March 2020. According to an Official Information Act request received by Right to Life, the provisional figures show a 14 per cent increase
If you ever wanted proof of the disconnect of the elites, look no further than the blaming of the public for the ongoing failure of the legacy media, rather than being introspective about seeking whom to blame. Then there is the empirical evidence of the IPSOS research company that carries
After a period of New Zealand’s focus elsewhere under Jacinda Ardern’s leadership, then border closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Southeast Asia was beginning to ask New Zealand: ‘Where are you?’ The Asean group of nations will no doubt be glad of Luxon’s answer. The level of
Ramesh Thakur mercatornet.com Ramesh Thakur is a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, and emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. An important takeaway from the last four years for many governments is the surprising ease of winning public compliance with demands for intrusive
It is a Friday. I’m in the middle of an online Teams hui working out the finer details of a series of workshops we’ll be presenting next week. It’s a normal work day at 10am. Someone has just cracked a joke about how much money they’ve
Kimberly Ells mercatornet.com Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. I just got back from the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. The theme of the Commission this year was ending poverty. I spent a week listening
Meaghan Whyte Meaghan became a staunch anarcho-capitalist after a collection of life experiences that left her disabused of any vestige of goodwill towards the state and its attendant institutions. Notable experiences included university gender studies, and living under social democracy. Now, she writes to advocate for the abolition of the
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com In a recent New Zealand Herald article, former MP Richard Prebble argues that New Zealand should not
X believes that eSafety’s order was not within the scope of Australian law and we complied with the directive pending a legal challenge. X has now received a demand from the eSafety Commissioner that X globally withhold these posts or face a daily fine of $785,000 AUD (about
Senator Marco Rubio Marco Rubio is a U.S. Senator from Florida. The views expressed are the author’s own. realclearwire.com “It’s better to be the United States’ enemy than its friend.” Foreign officials tell me this is their perception under the Biden Administration, which has a strange
As I’ve written before, so many conventional wisdoms are built on foundations of quicksand. From the firmly held belief in “Settler Colonialism” in the New World to the endlessly asserted claims of low immigrant crime, so much that we’re furiously finger-wagged is “fact”, is anything but. Interviewing Jello
Did the Victorians have the right idea? Was the Suffragette movement genuinely a threat to good social order? Was it all a gigantic mistake, letting women vote? Because, if we’re looking for where to blame the dominance of wokeism, we only have to go as far the ladies’ room.
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com I am a great believer in hope. In fact, I think of myself as a rather hopeful
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com Two-thirds of the country think that “New Zealand’s economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful”. They also believe that “New Zealand needs a strong leader to
There are many who ask why conservatives support Russia and China. This is a complicated and nuanced question involving the realignment in international affairs from a rules-based liberal international order to a multipolar post-globalist order consisting of civilisation-states rather than state actors. First, it is important to note that it
