There have been howls of outrage from the usual suspects over the decision of the Government to require what used to be NZ's premier science fund to focus on, ummm, science. For several years I have ...

The worst racism I have seen and experienced in my life has come from people who have believed themselves to be well-intentioned. ... “I actually saw a pākehā lady turn around to a Māori guy behind he ...

Transport Minister Simeon Brown said public transport costs were rising, shifting more of the burden to ratepayers and taxpayers, who subsidised public transport services. In 2017, public transport ...

Piers Morgan was left in shock after gleeful former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz said she felt 'joy' following the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. ... Morgan recalled that post ...

Hobson's Pledge has released a poll done by Curia on Treaty issues. It shows that despite all the heat, there is a popular simple way forward. Respondents were asked to agree or disagree with a number ...

The Listener had three historians rank the 23 PMs we have had since Seddon. They didn't include the pre-Seddon premiers (which is a pity). I averaged out the ratings to get a sort of combined rating ...

The NZ Herald published an article about David Seymour responding to critics of the Treaty Principles Bill. It was open for comments and there were 169 comments made. But the Herald then turned around ...

This week, the Government will attempt to ram through Parliament the remaining stages of the seriously watered-down Three Strikes law. Whether that succeeds is unclear. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith ...

Cabinet has agreed to introduce an income threshold of $180,000 per annum for unjustified dismissal personal grievances, meaning employees earning above that will be unable to raise an unjustified ...

A reader sent to me the proposed new standards of competence for registered nurse. Sadly few will be surprised that it has a massive focus on woke Treaty speak, and much less on oh medicine and health ...

I have published at Patreon (paywalled) the summary of the polls and fundamentals for Australia, Canada, NZ, UK and US. All incumbent Governments tumbled in November.

A lot of my readers really, really hate The Spinoff. In part, that’s because it has been such an effective media operation for so many years and it reflects a left leaning sensibility and demographic.