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IMMIGRATION BIOMETRIC PROJECT EXPOSED
On 16 June 2026, Minister of Immigration Erica Stanford angrily highlighted that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has repeatedly and deliberately misled her about an information technology project purporting to imp...
SO CIVIL…SO WHAT?
I naturally face occasional pushback against my criticisms of particular individuals. Sometimes the dissent can even be justifiable! But resistance on the basis that an individual I’m criticizing is “civil” – polite and courteous, exhibitin...
HALF MEASURES
On 2 June 2026, changes relating to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) were made to New Zealand’s Public Service Act 2020.
The changes, initiated by the New Zealand First political party:
John’s Substack is a reader-supported publication...
POUNAMU PIRACY!
On 5 June 2026, Xin Li and her son Boyuan Zhang were sentenced following their earlier convictions for trying to take expensively-purchased greenstone (pounamu) out of New Zealand. The pounamu they were trying to spirit off to China exceede...
PERFORMATIVE PARSIMONY
The latest thespian to act as if he’s outraged about public service wastage of ratepayer and taxpayer money is the Wellington City Council’s Deputy Mayor, Ben McNulty.
Ben has apparently just found out that his Council paid Journey Digital...
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