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GEOFF PARKER: Colonisation Is Not What’s on the Dinner Plate

GEOFF PARKER: Colonisation Is Not What’s on the Dinner Plate

GEOFF PARKER: Colonisation Is Not What’s on the Dinner Plate

15 hours ago3 min read

PETER BASSETT: Wellington’s Sewage Crisis Wasn’t an Accident. It Was a Vote — and Everyone’s Pretending Not to Remember

PETER BASSETT: Wellington’s Sewage Crisis Wasn’t an Accident. It Was a Vote — and Everyone’s Pretending Not to Remember

PETER BASSETT: Wellington’s Sewage Crisis Wasn’t an Accident. It Was a Vote — and Everyone’s Pretending Not to Remember

1 day ago5 min read

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Historian Who Forgot His History

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Historian Who Forgot His History

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Historian Who Forgot His History

2 days ago5 min read

OLIVER HARTWICH: New Zealand’s new reality

OLIVER HARTWICH: New Zealand’s new reality

OLIVER HARTWICH: New Zealand’s new reality

3 days ago2 min read

BRYCE EDWARDS: Democracy Briefing: The Quiet War at Waitangi 2026

BRYCE EDWARDS: Democracy Briefing: The Quiet War at Waitangi 2026

BRYCE EDWARDS: Democracy Briefing: The Quiet War at Waitangi 2026

4 days ago7 min read

LINDSAY MITCHELL: Benefit Data Update for December 2025

LINDSAY MITCHELL: Benefit Data Update for December 2025

LINDSAY MITCHELL: Benefit Data Update for December 2025

5 days ago2 min read

DAVID SEYMOUR: Waitangi address

DAVID SEYMOUR: Waitangi address

DAVID SEYMOUR: Waitangi address

6 days ago4 min read

MICHAEL BASSETT: THE TREATY OR TE TIRITI? IT MATTERS…

MICHAEL BASSETT: THE TREATY OR TE TIRITI? IT MATTERS…

MICHAEL BASSETT: THE TREATY OR TE TIRITI? IT MATTERS…

Michael Bassett

7 days ago4 min read

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The anatomy of usurpation: Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Energy and Resources

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The anatomy of usurpation: Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Energy and Resources

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The anatomy of usurpation: Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Energy and Resources

Feb 49 min read

GRAHAM ADAMS: Councillor Refuses To Kowtow To Marae Protocol

GRAHAM ADAMS: Councillor Refuses To Kowtow To Marae Protocol

GRAHAM ADAMS: Councillor Refuses To Kowtow To Marae Protocol

Feb 36 min read

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The austerity-proof public service

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The austerity-proof public service

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The austerity-proof public service

Jan 314 min read

Ian McLean QSO: The Grey Rhino of Population Decline

Ian McLean QSO: The Grey Rhino of Population Decline

Ian McLean QSO: The Grey Rhino of Population Decline

Jan 303 min read

EWEN MCQUEEN: Zero Day comes for the Iranian regime

EWEN MCQUEEN: Zero Day comes for the Iranian regime

EWEN MCQUEEN: Zero Day comes for the Iranian regime

Jan 293 min read

ANI O'BRIEN: First day back in Parliament: an incomplete summary

ANI O'BRIEN: First day back in Parliament: an incomplete summary

ANI O'BRIEN: First day back in Parliament: an incomplete summary

Jan 2813 min read

MATUA KAHURANGI: The last Tuesday of January and the speech New Zealand still refuses to confront

MATUA KAHURANGI: The last Tuesday of January and the speech New Zealand still refuses to confront

MATUA KAHURANGI: The last Tuesday of January and the speech New Zealand still refuses to confront

Jan 275 min read

ASHLEY CHURCH: The hollow refrain of “Never Again”

ASHLEY CHURCH: The hollow refrain of “Never Again”

ASHLEY CHURCH: The hollow refrain of “Never Again”

Jan 275 min read

ROGER PARTRIDGE: When Intervention Is Justified … or Not

ROGER PARTRIDGE: When Intervention Is Justified … or Not

ROGER PARTRIDGE: When Intervention Is Justified … or Not

Jan 2511 min read

GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins Revives Failed 2023 Election Tactics

GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins Revives Failed 2023 Election Tactics

GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins Revives Failed 2023 Election Tactics

Jan 246 min read

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Hidden Architecture of Government Failure

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Hidden Architecture of Government Failure

ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Hidden Architecture of Government Failure

Jan 189 min read

RODNEY HIDE: A response to Michael Bassett

RODNEY HIDE: A response to Michael Bassett

RODNEY HIDE: A response to Michael Bassett

Jan 174 min read

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