The 2023 Election in retrospect
This is where another layer of the 2023 election results becomes understandable: the surge in the Maori Party’s and the Greens’ seats.
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?
Should we have a referendum on the Treaty?
As negotiations to form the next Government get under way in earnest, let’s hope that a referendum to define our political rights beyond any shadow of doubt is firmly on the agenda.
New Zealand needs a more working-class Parliament
Looking at the left, it’s unlikely that the Green Party can foster any sort of working-class politics, as their voting constituency is very much the professional managerial class.
Does learning te reo make you virtuous?
Our true language heroes are immigrants.
Media struggles for answers after election
Journalists resort to imaginative reasons for Labour’s loss.
Don’t push hatred underground; expose it
Speak out, instead. Our voices are more powerful than we often believe.
Hallelujah: first steps of progress at last
We would be most unwise, however, to conclude that life is automatically going to improve now that this truly awful Labour government is about to disappear
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