Failing The “Leftist” Litmus Test
What is it then that permits those who self-identify as leftists to survey the horrors of 7 October 2023 and see only a glorious act of Palestinian resistance? How is it possible for those who cheered on Jacinda Ardern’s “politics of kindness” to absorb all the details of the rape, the torture, the killing – and not respond with fury and disgust?
Does learning te reo make you virtuous?
Our true language heroes are immigrants.
Don’t push hatred underground; expose it
Speak out, instead. Our voices are more powerful than we often believe.
Beware of the media in the home-stretch
Why is no journalist writing about this, preferring instead to erect straw men to knock down as they work up unlikely tales about Chris Luxon’s problems with David Seymour and Winston Peters?
How will New Zealand handle the new war in the Middle East?
Determining New Zealand’s response to the new war in the Middle East will be one of the new New Zealand government’s first challenges
Our media still don't get it
The media are leading us all on a merry chase. TV 1, TV3, the print media and especially Stuff, Newsroom and the New Zealand Herald are working hard to put the skids under National and ACT.
River of Freedom flows into cinemas
Doco on anti-mandate protests shapes up to be a sleeper hit.
I defended the media then; I wouldn't now
Let’s unpack that statement. “We publish a range of views”? That may certainly have once been true of the mainstream media, but it no longer applies.
Media averted gaze for 6 years from Labour's corrupt practices
Yet attack Amanda Luxon for not breaking the law