A life passion of mine is a love of music – and especially going to concerts. For a NZ perspective; upon Dave Dobbyn becoming a “Sir” I had the privilege of writing this piece and a couple of ...

One of the motivations behind the US Voting Rights Act is the implicit assumption that you need majority black electorates for blacks to get elected. Basically that whites will vote for a white ...

I'm a big fan of history and knowing who or what places are named after - whether good or bad. So for those interested, these are who or what NZ cities are named after. Auckland - George Eden, 1st ...

Early categorization of students and direction into narrow pathways creates carnage. When at teachers’ college in the 1990s I came across a text with a photo of a Maori man doing road work and the ...

The scale of losses for UK Labour in their local elections is beyond massive. So far it is: Lost 59% of their Councillors Lost 56% of their Labour controlled Councils Lost 100% (3/3) of their Labour M ...

The Media Council has upheld a complaint by Winston Peters against The Post over a fake cost blowout article. The article claimed the ferry project was $167 million over budget. It said it had blown ...

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the fees-free university scheme, which covers the final year of tertiary education study for students, will be scrapped in the upcoming Budget. Peters was ...

I'm saddened by this. I don't think you should be pushed out of your job due to one bad thing you said. We need less cancel culture, not more. People should be able to make mistakes and not lose their ...

NZ First voted against the Singapore free trade agreement in 2000. It is that FTA that has led to this latest extension: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he discussed the potential for other coun ...

Both Labour and National governments have considered the idea of breaking up the big two but ultimately decided against it. A 2023 analysis by MBIE suggested forcibly breaking up the supermarkets ...

Since I first encountered Ani O’Brien’s substack in maybe early February and then found her regularly on various other peoples podcasts over the period since then I have been most impressed. She has ...