Wonder Out Loud
This is where I wonder out loud about politics, leadership, and society. Sometimes messy, often questioning, always curious.
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The curious case of the National Party's latest ban pledge
Last weekend, National announced they will be banning screens in early childhood centres. This follows a successful phone ban in schools, and an announcement about banning under-sixteens from social media. If I was a bit more cynical I’d th...
ACT’s Business policy: Not what it says on the tin
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
When ACT’s policy landed this week, my first response was exasperation. Exasperated by ACT’s relentless cruelty - taking from th...
The little riz problem of the two Chrises
Both major parties are sitting at around 30%, give or take - one up this week, the other up the next. One poll is never the whole story, but it’s hard to deny the pattern settling in around these numbers. It’s an unusual pattern: it used to...
Campaigning like it's 2023
Election campaigns are just storytelling with guaranteed book deals. A party gets a few months to persuade a country their story is a story worth buying. When writing a novel the first decision is genre.
In 2020, Labour gave us an uplift...
National’s big stick policies
From November 2026, the government will end Jobseeker payments to 18–19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $67,225, after the bill passed into law under urgency on Friday. This is one of those policies that makes me mad.
The policy its...
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Gen X, raised by the Silent Generation, parenting Gen Z. I write about politics, education, communities, books, and life — usually by wondering out loud.
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