How ‘Liberal’ First Became a Political Adjective
To abandon the word liberal would be to abandon our history. It was and is a fitting moniker for the philosophy of freedom.
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2025: A Year of Unprecedented Change
Hold on – the ride has only just begun. Get your affairs in order.
NZ Politics Daily: 15 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT Derek Cheng (Herald): Revealed: The 10 emails to Minister Nicole McKee that helped toughen Three Strikes (paywalled) Kathy Spencer (Post): How the red-tape crusader is failing in his own mission (paywalled) Lillian Hanly (RNZ): The Regulatory Standards Bill: What you need
NZ Politics Daily: 14 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVT LEGISLATION Anna Whyte (Post): Jam-packed political start lies ahead (paywalled) Spinoff: NZ politics in 2025: The big issues on which the year will hinge Dave Armstrong (Post): The country has bigger fish to fry (paywalled) Herald: David Seymour’s Treaty bill
Have the Woke Only Just Realised They Are the Baddies?
The woke left are sitting watching their heroes being torn down and wondering why.
NZ Politics Daily: 13 December 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Time for Labour to shrug off the shackles of election defeat Max Rashbrooke (Post): The honeymoon’s over, but a hangover’s just kicking in (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour’s message for 2026: Are you
Amazing What a Change of Government Does
NZ’s worst landlord has issued 553 ‘Section 55A notices’ since July 2024, up from 41 issued during the same period the previous year.
NZ Politics Daily: 10 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Matthew Hooton (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill submissions received, but there are issues leaving race debate in dust (paywalled) Rob Campbell (Post): Betting you’ll come out on the better side, when most won’t (paywalled) Pokere Paewai (RNZ)
Fake News from Radio NZ
Radio NZ writes an entire article based on nothing more than a guess and a political agenda
Here Is What We Can Learn From His Legacy
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job.” – Douglas Adams
This Gives Only an ‘Illusion of Relief’
Freedom activist Tom Morazzo’s tweet challenged systemic issues in Canada in the wake of the resignation of Justin Trudeau.
Most of the Covid Tyrants Are Gone, What Next?
Ardern, Biden and Trudeau are now gone. But where to from here?