The Human Rights Commission have decided to actually do their job
Dane Giraud applauds the Human Rights Commission for doing their job and questions why engaging with challenging people is taboo when it can be the best way to resolve tension.
Super Rugby splutters into action but stars are missing
Martin Devlin is underwhelmed by the first week of Super Rugby and questions why so many of the stars aren't doing their job - playing rugby.
Would the man in charge please stand up… and leave
The Free Speech Union calls on Parliament to remove Trevor Mallard as Speaker
An update from The Platform: Cheers to our Central Otago studio!
We're building a second studio in Central Otago.
Our Dark Shadow: Analysing The Platform’s Profile of the Protesters
Chris Trotter analyses The Platform's survey of the protestors at Parliament and reflects on why "these people" are protesting.
The protest of a generation
Samuel Hill argues this is now the most high-profile protest in a generation & a direct challenge to not only Ardern but to the political establishment.
The protestors have won
Rodney Hide argues the PM has used her world to turn protestors' worlds upside down by a bewildering and constantly changing array of covid rules which don’t make sense and which serve no purpose.
Circus in Wellington
Dr Michael Bassett compares the protestors at Parliament to the ministers who refuse to meet with them.
Parliamentary Protest Poll Results February 2022
Who are the protestors at Parliament? We commissioned a survey to find out.
Sterile video is no substitute for flesh-and-blood court proceedings
"Justice is ultimately a flesh and blood business, after all, and judges shouldn’t allow it to be dehumanised," says Karl du Fresne.