Seymour’s opponents need better arguments
Academic and legal elites embarrass themselves in the Treaty debate.
Labour's struggle to re-position itself
When will the Labour Party with its once proud history of supporting multi-cultural immigration, equal rights for all ethnicities, wake up to modern realities?
‘Man gives birth’ doco requires major denial of reality
Critics pull no punches about TVNZ’s trans pregnancy story.
THE DYING WELLINGTON MYTH
Wellington dying? Give me a break. Its citizens have the highest income of any New Zealand city by a significant margin. That aside Capital cities don’t die.
Desinformatsya: a Soviet hangover
The Disinformation Project represented so much of what is wrong with the censorship culture we’re experiencing in democracies like New Zealand today. The word disinformation itself has troubling origins, coined by Stalin to control public opinion.
Should patients be able to choose medical staff by race?
Racial compatibility is central to affirmative-action entry programmes.
'Trust me: I know best.'
Declining trust in our society's key institutions undermines their credibility. Kiwis are clearly calling for a return to first principles, and the reality is, protecting free speech is essential if we are to keep public confidence in our key institutions.
ON BEING A NEW ZEALANDER
Having spent about half of my last 60 years in other countries, I’ve lost any sense of nationalism. That’s because one soon realises that in essence, everyone is basically the same.
The collapse of Maori nationalism
As with unionism, overreach will end iwi power push.
The BSA must remember, censorship is a cure worse than the disease.
Harm is what the BSA report claims occurs when free expression isn’t properly regulated, but what does ‘harm’ mean? Well, you tell me. No definition is given.