Written By: - Date published: 4:01 pm, November 7th, 2025 - 10 comments
The importance of a New Zealand focus
on the rebuild of Gaza.
Written By: - Date published: 10:17 am, October 31st, 2025 - 24 comments
Individual State Schools face the prospect of hostile takeover by groups that may wish to change dramatically the way that the school is run. And Kelston Boys High School is a test case for how the process may work.
Written By: - Date published: 10:06 am, October 30th, 2025 - 140 comments
The usual voices have publicly attacked Labour’s proposed Capital Gains Tax using arguments that do not stack up.
Written By: - Date published: 9:40 am, October 25th, 2025 - 23 comments
National has announced it will be spending nearly three times as much on Roads of National Significance as it campaigned on and has justified dubious investment decisions by changing how benefits are calculated.
Written By: - Date published: 9:02 pm, October 18th, 2025 - 23 comments
Our multi-billion billion spend-up on Defence has nothing to do with repelling a foreign invasion. It is all about being led by the US to join in attacking a target – China – located far from our shores.
Written By: - Date published: 1:31 pm, October 16th, 2025 - 46 comments
Sean Plunket has threatened to sue the Broadcasting Standards Authority after it released a draft opinion suggesting that broadcasters using the internet should be subject to the same requirements as traditional broadcasters.
Written By: - Date published: 10:02 pm, October 14th, 2025 - 88 comments
Brian Easton says we cannot attain a sustainable Scandinavian-type quality of life while keeping the existing tax system in place
Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, October 7th, 2025 - 57 comments
Martyn Bradbury’s attacks on Winston Peters and an attack on his home has allowed Winston to claim victimhood status and hog the media spotlight.
Written By: - Date published: 2:22 pm, October 4th, 2025 - 8 comments
Anti vax organisation Voices for Freedom has published a glossy well presented booklet suggesting how local body campaigns should be run. And it looks like a number of right wing campaigns are borrowing heavily from the information in the booklet.
Written By: - Date published: 7:04 pm, September 29th, 2025 - 4 comments
The last time New Zealand put itself on the wrong side of history was when a New Zealand rugby team toured apartheid South Africa just after schoolchildren were gunned down on the streets of Soweto.
Written By: - Date published: 9:42 am, September 23rd, 2025 - 7 comments
In the hope that it can address the Construction Industry crisis National has announced a partial reversal of cuts made to school building project made earlier in its term.
Written By: - Date published: 10:11 am, September 21st, 2025 - 100 comments
National MP for Southland Joseph Mooney has been trying to capitalise off the US culture, and using free speech to attack academic free speech
Written By: - Date published: 8:41 am, September 9th, 2025 - 59 comments
It’s been alleged that Taxpayers Union is involved in “bullying and intimidation” of local council candidates around the country.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 pm, September 5th, 2025 - 6 comments
Perhaps the biggest news from a jam packed news week is how, under National’s Health Ministers Shane Reti & Simeon Brown, Health NZ illegally hid staffing data for over a year to conceal their systemic understaffing of our public health.
Written By: - Date published: 2:17 pm, September 4th, 2025 - 43 comments
In 2026 New Zealand First in all likelihood will be back in power because Labour and National will need them to form government.
Written By: - Date published: 12:45 pm, September 1st, 2025 - 7 comments
Part 2 of the Adrian Orr / Neil Quigley cover up scandal. Nicola Willis knew and did not divulge the truth until the Ombudsman forced their hand last week.
Written By: - Date published: 7:51 pm, August 31st, 2025 - 43 comments
Shane Jones has publicly attacked Prime Minister Christopher Luxon by accusing him of hiding. The chances of a snap election have just shot up.
Written By: - Date published: 12:12 pm, August 30th, 2025 - 12 comments
Kaipara District Council has circulated throughout the country a Franks Ogilvie opinion suggesting that local government obligations to Māori are limited. But even a cursory review of the opinion suggests that it is flawed and should not be used to minimise respect for Māori.
Written By: - Date published: 3:50 pm, August 8th, 2025 - 42 comments
National say they will “unleash growth”. That may be by selling / exchanging 5 million hectares of conservation land, much of it with “high ecological value” – representing 2/3 of the entire estate.
Written By: - Date published: 11:48 am, August 7th, 2025 - 28 comments
NCEA wasn’t perfect, but it offered students a chance to grow and succeed in different ways. It recognised that learning isn’t linear or one-size-fits-all. It gave students a chance to find their place – not just in the job market, but in the world. Which brings me to the current Minister of Education, Erica Stanford… Are we confusing confidence with competence?
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 pm, July 30th, 2025 - 17 comments
Zarah Sultana for one – she’s a star. Gaza for another – anti-zionism/semitism won’t work this time. 500,000 signed up in a week for a new party is impressive.
Written By: - Date published: 3:49 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 9 comments
You know a government is in trouble when it has to resort to gerrymander to boost its prospects. The coalition government’s decision to restrict voter enrolment is disgraceful.
Written By: - Date published: 11:51 am, July 17th, 2025 - 19 comments
The incongruence of transgender fear
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 pm, July 3rd, 2025 - Comments Off on Keith Locke Inaugural Memorial Debate – Live
View the inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate!
July 3, 2025 | Auckland Irish Club or via livestream
The moot? China is a threat to regional peace
Moderator: Simon Wilson
On the Affirmative Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, Dr Cam Calder, Andrew Dickens
On the Negative Trevor Johnston, Dr Marco de Jong, Dr Arama Rata
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, July 1st, 2025 - 25 comments
National is rolling out comprehensive water corporatisation, across New Zealand. For those who don’t live in Auckland, Wellington, or other centres with commercialised water services already, this is coming to you fast. “Water Done Well” is the policy of this government to require all communities to decide on forming commercial water delivery entities, to run […]
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, June 29th, 2025 - 56 comments
Hopefully what we witnessed in Parliament this week will return a trend to the politics of kindness that Jacinda Ardern practised. And one holding respect for Te Ao Māori at its core.
Written By: - Date published: 11:17 am, June 27th, 2025 - Comments Off on Oceania: Journey to the Center and other Auckland events
A few things I will be heading to over the coming 5 days in Auckland. A documentary on climate change on pacific islands. Phil Goff on foreign affairs. And the Inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate. Moot is “China is a threat to regional peace”. I kind of got caught up in each of these for one reason or another…
Written By: - Date published: 3:30 pm, June 23rd, 2025 - 8 comments
Snap action outside Ministry of Defence tomorrow 24th 1230. All welcome
Written By: - Date published: 12:13 pm, June 20th, 2025 - 51 comments
Clearly, the world needs to stop talking about Israel’s right to defend itself, and start talking about the world’s need to defend itself against Israel.
Written By: - Date published: 7:16 pm, June 19th, 2025 - 5 comments
“…just days out from the close of submissions on this controversial Bill”
Written By: - Date published: 10:13 pm, June 14th, 2025 - 174 comments
I have visited Iran twice. I loved my time in Iran and found wonderful, cultured and kind people.When I heard the news of Israel’s attack on Iran I was apoplectic with rage and disgust.
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