I viewed a 47 minute video of footage of the slaughter and execution of people in Israel on the 7th of October. The video was beyond horrific. The killings and torture combined with the joy and glee ...

Mathematics is a lot worse. Our 2022 results for maths are down a whopping 15 points since 2018. That is equivalent to about six months of schooling lost in just four years. Since testing began in ...

Two great maiden speeches from the MPs chosen to lead off the Address in Reply debate. First was James Meager from Rangitata: My dad is Ngāi Tahu, a freezing worker most of his life, a little Māori ...

This is astonishing. Over 100,000 people are attending (and almost all flying) to the latest annual climate change conference. The numbers attending used to be 5,000 or so which was reasonable for a ...

I blogged in September on how a case could have been made for Brydon Boyce to be charged with murder instead of manslaughter for killing someone while driving under meth at 200 km/hr. This was not an ...

When the Government publishes its Budget it funds things in a four-year cycle. However, in some cases, it elects to time-limit funding. Examples include the food in schools programme. Originally a ...

The new government has axed the $16 billion pumped hydro scheme at Lake Onslow, which had been championed by its Labour predecessors. Energy Minister Simeon Brown said it was a wasteful project, and ...

Ponder the fact that there won't be a story like this and wonder about why that is. It is genuinely weird, right? Te Pāti Māori's Crossed Guns Post Incites Online Controversy AUCKLAND - Te Pāti Māori ...

The following wasn’t in this session but one from a couple of days earlier: “The Jewish people have been persecuted for thousands of years. There is a natural affinity, therefore, for persecuted ...

Edgeler nails it with this comparison. Winston's hyperbole has been a major story in every news outlet for many days. There has been many columns about how this is a major issue for the Government etc ...

California's population has decreased by more than 500,000 during Newsom's tenure, while Florida's population has increased by more than 700,000 with DeSantis in charge. Doesn't that say a lot!