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Labour Sowed the Wind, Now Reaps the Whirlwind

Meka Whaitiri’s desertion of the Labour Party is the latest sign that radicals are at sixes and sevens over pushing even harder for a Maori take-over of New Zealand.

08 May 2023
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No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection

In announcing her departure from the Labour Government on Wednesday, Meka Whaitiri failed to point to any substantive policy and philosophical differences with the party she had represented in Parliament for nearly ten years.

08 May 2023
opinion

Responses to Media Questions

On May 5th 2023 Speak Up For Women was asked by Stuff to respond to some general questions about our organisation and our views.

08 May 2023
opinion

An unexpected encounter in Money, Mississippi

It was while standing outside the ruins of Bryant’s store that my wife and I had one of those freakish encounters that sometimes happen when you’re travelling.

04 May 2023
nz politics

Chris Luxon dresses up for Charles, dresses down for NZ proletariat.

Refining his optics could be the difference between success and failure

04 May 2023
nz politics

The Labour Party an Tribal Maori Leadership

Instead, the Labour Government that once thought of itself as the workers’ friend now has co-governance with Maori at the centre of its ideology.

04 May 2023
nz politics

Why NZ’s regressive tax system is unlikely to change

The IRD report raises the age-old question of how we divide up our society’s resources, and who should pay for the costs of running the country.

04 May 2023
opinion

A falling out of love letter to the university (….we need to talk)

What does an academic actually do and do they have any useful function in society today? This is a question I’ve been asking about myself 30 years into my academic career.

28 April 2023
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Australia our Closest Frenemy

Unless we soon do have such a government, New Zealand is at serious risk of drifting off in the direction of irrelevance

27 April 2023
nz politics

Australia reaping the spoils of New Zealand’s decline

Sadly, the current government seems to be taking the opposite approach. Instead of fostering a competitive environment, it is openly considering new taxes on the most successful individuals in society.

27 April 2023