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A week is a long time: 23 May 2026
A week is a long time in politics. Welcome to my weekly wrap up of the week that was in New Zealand politics with a sprinkling of international news.
Public service bloat meets fiscal reality
The biggest political story this w...
Open Letter to Minister for Women Nicola Grigg
I sent the following letter to Minister for Women Nicola Grigg. If you would like to send your own letter or forward mine to her as well, you can reach her on [email protected]
Dear Honourable Nicola Grigg,
I listened caref...
The Public Service isn’t a six-figure welfare scheme
The reaction to Nicola Willis’ pre-Budget speech today went full throttle before she had even delivered it. The proposals were not especially radical, but you would not know this if you interacted with any media today. It was astounding how...
A week is a long time: 16 May 2026
A week is a long time in politics. Welcome to my weekly wrap up of the week that was in New Zealand politics with a sprinkling of international news.
The Māori political map is being redrawn
Te Pāti Māori’s internal warring ha...
AUT’s Little Manifesto of Hatred
READ THE LITERARY ABOMINATION ONLINE HERE. It was published in the most recent edition of Debate magazine which is the student magazine at AUT.
What makes this poem so grotesque is not merely that it is objectively bad poetry. Very bad poe...
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