
'Monster makers' are scaring our kids
Dane Giraud: I have a child struggling with gender-identity issues... how can I shield her from the disinformation, some promote, that people view her as less than human & want her to ‘cease existing’

A NEW Culture War: is ‘fat’ a banned word and are men’s views banned too?
Michael Laws: I look dreadful naked. Cast me in the next Generation Z zombie movie if you want that kind of horror.

The column the New Zealand Herald wouldn't publish
Simon O'Connor (National): if you want to hear different views from across the political spectrum & to engage with more arguments – distance yourself from woke progressive politics taking hold in NZ.

Is the jig up for Three Waters?
Graham Adams: Labour MPs jittery about re-election next year will be looking to jettison the government’s most unpopular policies.

Is Freedom of Speech even more important when you disagree?
Michael Laws: I may dislike - even detest these people. But do I have the right to deny them their freedom of expression?

Shallow woke Identity Politics trumps all in NZ Media
Martyn Bradbury: Not only does identity politics limit our understanding, it alienates as well. No wonder the Left are hemorrhaging votes.

Political puff pieces funded by your tax dollar
Sean Plunket: there’s no way on God’s green earth this can be seen as anything but taxpayer funding of a politically partisan puff piece. To fund it with your taxes is bent, crooked, corrupt, wrong.

A moment of silence please for the death of free speech
Wendy Geus: Regional Council Chair sacked for having the wrong opinion on Three Waters policy.

Who is the party of law and order?
Dr Bryce Edwards: The under-investment of a succession of governments in deprived communities has resulted in a propensity toward crime.

Time to end decades of continuity
Ani O'Brien: New Zealand needs something radically different. New ideas and fresh thinking. Not John Key 2.0.