There’s a thought. For decades, the NZDF has been trained and expensively equipped for the prime purpose of killing people living far away, in the alleged “defence” of our national interests. As Sir ...
In the wake of the enormous success of The Incredible Journey, Burnford could easily have retired to some gated community in Florida. Instead, she made her own forays into the natural wilderness and ...
If our executive branch had a backbone between them, they should have rejected the “free loading” jibe. New Zealand and the rest of the world are not “ freeloading.” We are all paying a high and ...
In Budget 2026 there was also no discernible plan to lift the country’s dismal growth and productivity figures. As Business Canterbury CEO Leanne Watson damningly put it: ...
This week for instance, RNZ’s Ingrid Hipkiss asked Hipkins to explain how in the short term, Labour’s capital gains tax can possibly pay for Labour’s promise of three free doctors visits a year, given ...
In the wake of WW2, immigration policy was driven by a mixture of compassion for the refugees of war, and by a less admirable desire to replenish our ranks (preferably) with the racial stock of the ...
In the wake of the IPCA report, it is easy to understand why the politicians have been so willing to endorse terms like “cover up” and “ corruption.” It is convenient to explain what went wrong in ...
About 15 years ago on Werewolf, I started writing a series of articles about classic children’s books. Over the next few months, these articles will be re-published here, every Friday. The series ...
Funny…back when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Vladimir Putin to tell us whether his acts of aggression were legal under international law ...
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