The left wing Third Way organisation has published a list of 45 words other than says Democrats (the left) should avoid using as they alienate people. Sadly for the, I doubt the right people will ...

If the voters of Tamaki Makarau send Oriini Kaipara to Parliament this Saturday they need a collective mental health assessment where the first question should be “are you barking mad?” In the history ...

Learning to read is the first step in school education. It is essential to later learning. At first, it is also very difficult. Things are made much easier for beginning readers if they are explicitly ...

Radio NZ has their latest campaign story where they think that government should refuse to talk to companies they regulate. Their latest starts off: Alcohol lobbyists pushed health officials not to ...

Two professors of economics have 10 questions they would have out to former Ministers about Covid-19. Hopefully these have been put by the Royal Commission. They are: 1. When did you become aware, if ...

An interesting story by Chris Lynch. Left wing Councillor and mayoral candidate Sara Templeton said during an interview that under Lianne Dalziel Christchurch was resurfacing 5% of its roading network ...

I was sad to see Neil Quigley resign as Reserve Bank Chair, but not surprised. The lack of transparency over Orr's resignation was sub-standard. However to be fair, Quigley had a very challenging job.

I blogged a year ago on Barbie's Bill which seeks to implement a national register for standardised medical advance directives, and require them to be followed. The author has an update: Two ...

The Taxpayer's Union has published the 2025 update of its list of local govt CEO salaries. As with last year, I group councils by size to get better comparisons. They range from $1,027,696 to $228,120 ...

A new documentary about the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas has been booted from the Toronto International Film Festival — because organizers insist the filmmakers need the rights from the ...

A German neo-Nazi will be allowed to start serving an 18-month sentence in a women’s prison after he used a new government policy to register a change in gender. Sven Liebich, who has been ...

Kerre Woodham hosted Minister Stanford on Newstalk ZB during the week. There were positive aspects and responses to questions from callers. However, it came massively unstuck towards the end when ...