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ROGER PARTRIDGE: Trump's War on Constitutional Democracy

ROGER PARTRIDGE: Trump's War on Constitutional Democracy

ROGER PARTRIDGE: Trump's War on Constitutional Democracy

Feb 24, 20257 min read

BRYCE WILKINSON: Bureaucracy is strangling NZ’s potential for growth

BRYCE WILKINSON: Bureaucracy is strangling NZ’s potential for growth

BRYCE WILKINSON: Bureaucracy is strangling NZ’s potential for growth

Feb 22, 20254 min read

DAVID FARRAR: A hero staffer at Hutt City

DAVID FARRAR: A hero staffer at Hutt City

DAVID FARRAR: A hero staffer at Hutt City

Feb 22, 20251 min read

ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Former PM Hipkins Misled Five Million Kiwis & Betrayed Trust in Government

ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Former PM Hipkins Misled Five Million Kiwis & Betrayed Trust in Government

ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Former PM Hipkins Misled Five Million Kiwis & Betrayed Trust in Government

Feb 21, 20252 min read

It's not just data that Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora is failing to safeguard

It's not just data that Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora is failing to safeguard

It's not just data that Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora is failing to safeguard

Feb 21, 20257 min read

RODNEY HIDE: My Presentation the School Principal Did Not Want the Board to Hear

RODNEY HIDE: My Presentation the School Principal Did Not Want the Board to Hear

RODNEY HIDE: My Presentation the School Principal Did Not Want the Board to Hear

Feb 20, 20259 min read

RODNEY HIDE: Schooling Through a Te Ao Maori Lens

RODNEY HIDE: Schooling Through a Te Ao Maori Lens

RODNEY HIDE: Schooling Through a Te Ao Maori Lens

Feb 15, 20253 min read

ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Speakers at Waikato University's 2025 Economic Forum, "Unconstrained Thinking for Constrained Times", Symbolize NZ's Stagnation

ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Speakers at Waikato University's 2025 Economic Forum, "Unconstrained Thinking for Constrained Times", Symbolize NZ's Stagnation

ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Speakers at Waikato University's 2025 Economic Forum, "Unconstrained Thinking for Constrained Times", Symbolize NZ's Stagnation

Feb 15, 20254 min read

MICHAEL JOHNSTON: Safety First!

MICHAEL JOHNSTON: Safety First!

MICHAEL JOHNSTON: Safety First!

Feb 14, 20252 min read

MICHAEL BASSETT: MAORI, WELFARE AND TIKANGA

MICHAEL BASSETT: MAORI, WELFARE AND TIKANGA

MICHAEL BASSETT: MAORI, WELFARE AND TIKANGA

Michael Bassett

Feb 13, 20253 min read

THOMAS CRANMER: Trump's Balance Sheet Diplomacy Set to Reshape World Order

THOMAS CRANMER: Trump's Balance Sheet Diplomacy Set to Reshape World Order

THOMAS CRANMER: Trump's Balance Sheet Diplomacy Set to Reshape World Order

Feb 13, 20253 min read

GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins treads a slippery path on democracy

GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins treads a slippery path on democracy

GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins treads a slippery path on democracy

Feb 12, 20255 min read

BOB EDLIN: Musk’s mischief in the skies – his Starlink is impeding the journey of Maori loved ones’ spirits to the stars at Matariki

BOB EDLIN: Musk’s mischief in the skies – his Starlink is impeding the journey of Maori loved ones’ spirits to the stars at Matariki

BOB EDLIN: Musk’s mischief in the skies – his Starlink is impeding the journey of Maori loved ones’ spirits to the stars at Matariki

Feb 11, 20254 min read

RODNEY HIDE: Trump 2.0 Kicking Over the Swamp

RODNEY HIDE: Trump 2.0 Kicking Over the Swamp

RODNEY HIDE: Trump 2.0 Kicking Over the Swamp

Feb 10, 20253 min read

ROB MacCULLOCH: Working-from-home, lack-of-meritocracy & endless Treaty debates

ROB MacCULLOCH: Working-from-home, lack-of-meritocracy & endless Treaty debates

ROB MacCULLOCH: Working-from-home, lack-of-meritocracy & endless Treaty debates

Feb 8, 20253 min read

RODNEY HIDE: What's Ailing Our Kids?

RODNEY HIDE: What's Ailing Our Kids?

RODNEY HIDE: What's Ailing Our Kids?

Feb 7, 20254 min read

JOHN RAINE: Unintended Consequences, or is this just City Council Greenwashing?

JOHN RAINE: Unintended Consequences, or is this just City Council Greenwashing?

JOHN RAINE: Unintended Consequences, or is this just City Council Greenwashing?

Feb 6, 20254 min read

DON BRASH and MICHAEL REDDELL: By 2025 we were supposed to have closed the gap

DON BRASH and MICHAEL REDDELL: By 2025 we were supposed to have closed the gap

DON BRASH and MICHAEL REDDELL: By 2025 we were supposed to have closed the gap

Feb 4, 20254 min read

LINDSAY MITCHELL: 'Free' school lunches - why?

LINDSAY MITCHELL: 'Free' school lunches - why?

LINDSAY MITCHELL: 'Free' school lunches - why?

Feb 2, 20252 min read

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