Browsing: Opinion
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Thirty years ago New Zealand was sold a shiny new political product called MMP. The promise was simple.…
OPINION: Mike Bain/cvnznews.com “Today we have largely abandoned the foundation while wondering why the walls are cracking.” New Zealand is…
OPINION: Triona Scully They say everybody has at least one book in them, but they are lying. As an author…
OPINION: Michael Swanson After regularly producing three substack posts every week since about April this year. This week was different…I…
Ashley Church It’s been a pretty unsettling week for conservatives. First, the Israeli election left Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. My daughter asked her friends a question. Your dog and a stranger are both drowning. You can…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien Compassion for me, contempt for thee: Chloe Swarbrick and the politics of selective compassion When a man…
OPINION: Stephen Anthony The country is now asking whether the rising cost of living, falling productivity and competitiveness have been…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. Thoughts, feelings and predictions that have a high likelihood of ending up completely wrong At this point…
Steve Gatena You know that moment before a big step when your heart beats faster and you whisper, “I don’t…
Opinion: Ani O’Brien A Parliament without Chris Bishop would be a worse Parliament You may have heard about “The Overhang”…
OPINION: Bryce Wilkinson Voters are rightly worried about the cost of living. How can they balance the household budget? Should…
OPINION: All parties disappoint. National used to stand for property rights. Labour has abandoned taxing landlords. The Greens have gone…
OPINION: Ravi VenkatesanI have long been puzzled by something: How can smart, well-educated, decent people look at the same facts…
Liam Rondi Almost nothing you’ve been shown online explains why almost half a million people marched last Saturday On October…
OPINION: Rodney Hide Another day, another Chris Hipkins fact check. His complaint today (Friday) was that Māori MPs are held…
Editorial: Mike Bain Election campaigns promise a brighter future, a better government and solutions to the nation’s problems. But beneath…
OPINION: Michael Swanson/The Periodical/Substack Absolutely dreaming…but that is no reason to not collaborate “Imagine how many of those most egregious…
OPINION: Menin Rodrigues For a long time, I believed social media had democratized truth. Everyone could speak and report. Information…
OPINION: Joel M. Margolis Under pressure from leading Western democracies to form a legitimate government, the Palestinian Authority (PA) recently…
Benefit numbers are out for September. The last before the election. Up again. There are now 417,000 working age people…
Opinion: Dr Muriel Newman. Earlier this year, at a time of rising geopolitical tension and increasing regional insecurity – with…
New Zealand First’s big promise this election is a Future Fund. The Future Fund looks like a recycled version of…
Chlöe Swarbrick wants “decolonisation” language for Palestine and a map with no Israel on it. Apply her own standard honestly,…
OPINION. The real election campaign is taking place on social media. Those on the other side of the digital divide…
OPINION: David Harvey One of the more absurd questions to emerge in the leaders’ debate on Tuesday 6 October focused…
OPINION: Sean Ackland-Facebook A completely unbiased ranking from worst to best of last night’s minor leaders’ debate performance, hosted by…
Factors favouring the Greens include a clear, bold vision, popular leaders, a weak Labour Party, and global demand for change…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien I have thought long and hard about writing this. I wrote a kind of explainer about 6 weeks…
Supplied by Christian Concern/UK The campaign to legalize assisted suicide relies on the promise that the drugs used to assist…
OPINION: Michael Johnston One of the most important things teachers can do to help their students improve is to give…
National has announced a five point welfare plan that applies almost entirely to Jobseeker/Work Ready beneficiaries. The first is random…
OPINION:John Raine The Ongoing Long March Through the Institutions More than three years ago, along with many others, I was…
Editorial: Mike Bain There is a foul smell hanging over Wellington. No, I’m not talking about the sewage. I’m talking…
OPINION: Jonathan S. Tobin /JNS.org After three years of failure, it’s time to try something else. That’s the lesson that…
Ashley Church You probably don’t know Thomas Anderson but you might be familiar with his story. He has a job,…
OPINION: Michael Swanson MMP asks voters two questions. The party vote decides how many seats each party deserves, and the…
Ashley Church. Something significant is taking place around the western world. Women – particularly younger women – are increasingly leaning…
OPINION: Paul Melville. This election, the standout issue is the cost of living. It’s all the focus groups want to…
OPINION: Natalia Albert The Government’s council shake-up is on pause until after the election. Who knew institutions were going to…