Three Waters looks like the government’s suicide note
Graham Adams - The powerful Māori caucus has the Prime Minister firmly in its grip.
Could inflation lead to a voter backlash?
Dr Bryce Edwards: The rich have already done incredibly well out of the last few years...The gulf between the financially very successful & those being punished by the current system is growing.
Labour’s new kind of democracy
Richard Prebble: Local Bills are usually referred to the Local Bills Committee. Mr. Coffey is abusing his power as the member in charge to nominate the Māori Affairs Committee which he chairs.
AUT cancels 'cancel culture' union meeting
Daphna Whitmore: I was booked to speak at a FSU meeting about my experience with cancel culture as a feminist involved with Speak Up For Women.
The Decolonisation of Education in New Zealand
Professor Elizabeth Rata: Liberalism can tolerate some dissent. It cannot tolerate the removal of its very foundations – principles of universalism & secularism that anchor democratic institutions.
Attorney-General belatedly steps up to defend democracy
Graham Adams: David Parker declares the Rotorua council representation bill breaches the Bill of Rights Act and “cannot be justified”.
Is the woke reign of terror coming to an end?
Ani O'Brien on Musk's acquisition of Twitter, Ron De Santis vs Disney, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid on gender treatments for children, and how all of this effects New Zealand.
Govt back down on veto roundly ignored by media
Wendy Geus: Dr Reti uncovers explosive Government backdown on Māori health veto & Andrew Little misleads the House and press gallery look the other way
Black Ferns' new coaching line up star-studded
Lachlan Waugh: The Black Ferns have rugby masterminds onboard, and now there are no excuses for the players
Fair Pay Agreements ignore the unproductive elephant in the room
Levi Gibbs: The Fair Pay Agreement fantasy is an ill-advised, union-driven attempt to hack a shortcut to higher wages. In reality, “It’s productivity, stupid”.