In depth political articles for VIP members
I concede Jepsen’s point that New Zealand children should be reading something that reflects their culture and is relevant to their daily lives. So, I have come up with some scenarios for children’s books that might be recognisable for Kiwi kids in 2025.
The public lecture as mass entertainment.
Reformers will tell you that education is the answer. Revolutionaries know they’re lying.
It makes sense for the form of road funding to move from a dual system. Looking back, it strikes me as somewhat odd that New Zealand has generated revenue from the roads in different ways up until now.
When Israel tried to force Hamas’ hand by instituting the blockade, the terrorists would have been delighted. Nothing was more calculated to unhinge the sentimental nations of the West than images of emaciated children. These would be the martyrs that counted.
There is a risk that at least some of these loony policies will survive the journey from conference debate to eventual legislation.
If the world is on track to reach 10 billion by 2080, and degeneracy is the default mode of human existence, what’s your alternative for organising all those people?
When the majority Pākehā culture is spurned and a focus placed on ‘indigenous’ Māori culture and recently imported minorities, the assimilation of immigrants to a national identity becomes impossible.
Voting rights took centuries of struggle to win, so why don’t more people value it?
Can New Zealanders change their direction of travel? Do they want to?
It didn’t have to be this way, but anti-New Zealand activists are playing an all-or-nothing game and it’s one we need to win if New Zealand is to survive.
If it does start to destroy your property, you’ll quickly find out that it has more rights than you do. Excessive tree regulation and tribalist parasites simply worsen the problem, making the pōhutukawa one of the worst trees in New Zealand.
Any extension of the franchise should be a matter of mature consideration. Or, as is my preference, a matter of mockery, abuse and hysterical worse-case scenarios.
Gales, rain, hail and no sausages make for angry Tasmanian voters.
