Category: Politics

Summaries

Muriel Newman on co-governance’s new target: local government

“Lip service will not be enough to sort out this mess.”

September 9, 2024 20 Comments

Summaries

Government delays releasing guidance on puberty blockers

Why the hold up?

September 7, 2024 5 Comments

Politics

Support among elected council members for Luxon’s ‘back to basics’ approach to local government

You won’t hear this in the MSM.

September 7, 2024 9 Comments

Politics

Critics say benefit to ratepayers of Watercare’s secret $20m deal with iwi ‘murky at best’

Watercare will pay $1m every year for 20 years.

September 6, 2024 14 Comments

Summaries

Elon Musk’s X scores a win in lawsuit against California’s content-moderation law

Score one for Elmo.

September 6, 2024 No Comments

Exclusives

Why Māori wards are being rejected by electorates

While the mainstream media often paints opposition to Māori wards as rooted in racism, many voters simply see these wards as divisive and unnecessary.

September 6, 2024 70 Comments

Summaries

New research shows that New Zealand universities have a problem with academic freedom

Challenging progressive interpretations of the Treaty is ‘off limits.’

September 5, 2024 6 Comments

Summaries

Grant Duncan on the concept of ‘sovereignty’

“Māori may not have ceded sovereignty in 1840. But that was then; this is now.”

September 2, 2024 5 Comments

Summaries

Criticism of Māori wards raises questions on fairness and historical narratives

For about 12 years, nearly all Māori men had the right to vote, while many settlers did not.

September 2, 2024 7 Comments