Browsing: Opinion
OPINION: Mike Bain/Christian Voice New Zealand There was a time when charitable status for a church, ministry, or Christian organisation…
OPINION; Michael Swanson. When a party polling near the threshold announces its post-election bottom lines, the usual cynical reading is…
OPINION: Roger Partridge The 2026 election campaign has not got off to a good start for business – or for…
Ashley Church Over the past couple of weeks there has been an interesting development in the way that we represent…
OPINION: Chris McVeigh. “And Ralph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through…
OPINION: Michael Swanson/Substack Ask which electorates will decide the 2026 election and most people picture government and opposition trading blows…
OPINION: Mike Bain/Christian Voice New Zealand I’ve discovered one of my spiritual gifts is people‑watching. Not voyeurism — just the…
Rev Dr Malcolm Falloon/NZ Christian Network For many socially conservative Christians, myself included, the feeling of being politically homeless has…
OPINION: Natalia Albert/Substack I went to a panel on the Super age to try and get my head around the…
Dr Muriel Newman In the lead up to the 1984 election, Bob Jones’s New Zealand Party stormed onto the political…
OPINION: Rodney Hide Stuff has tried everything to rouse a falling readership. Quizzes. Live blogs. Explainers. Podcasts. Vertical video. Then…
OPINION: LINDSAY MITCHELL New Zealand is fast-approaching the mid-point of its annual whitebait season. The Department of Conservation describes whitebait…
Opinion: Richard Preeble Whenever Hager publishes one of his hit jobs it reminds me that I once was a target.…
OPINION: Rodney Hide Chris Hipkins wants to outlaw “price gouging.” He has no idea what it is. Companies found guilty…
OPINION: Roger Partridge Two speeches from the Crown’s most senior lawyers over the past month have answered a question that…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. Everything government monopolises, it botches. Roads: potholes and gridlock. Schools: a decade of the kids’ lives and…
OPINION: Natalia Albert/Substack Tax policy is the most important political statement. Everything else is downstream. It is also complex, boring…
OPINION: Dale Moreau Modern psychology can describe your anxiety down to the neurotransmitter. It can trace your patterns to your…
Opinion: Michael Swanson. I have, for a long time, had a real problem. I can’t help but comment on social…
Opinion: Richard Prebble. We rarely lose a constitutional principle abruptly. It is chipped away until one day, when it is…
Michael Swanson. A quick disclaimer before starting: I’m not a Tiriti ō Waitangi or Waitangi Tribunal expert. What follows is…
OPINION: Melanie Phillips. Violence in the “West Bank” is being malevolently misrepresented. As every part of the “Gaza genocide” mass…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien. It is easy to shrug off new tax proposals meant to target the “Super Rich” as not something that…
OPINION: Natalia Albert. The minister responsible for reforming New Zealand’s public service currently holds eleven portfolios. Eleven. That’s too many.…
OPINION” Andrew Doyle ‘O Jesus, send me a wound to-day,And I’ll believe in Your bread and wine,And get my bloody…
Ashley Church Over the past couple of days, media outlets here in New Zealand have reported that the “far-right Alternative…
OPINION: Fiamma Nirenstein The right-wing party that scored a landslide victory in the recent elections in Saxony seems to have…
OPINION: Anne-Sofie Engelschiøn Two stories, two countries, same failure. Most people have never heard of either, and that alone should…
OPINION: Michael Swanson Every three years, without fail, New Zealand’s roadsides sprout a familiar crop. Corflute signs on wooden stakes,…
OPINION: Rodney Hide Here’s a simple question. If you had known what was coming, and you had the chance, should…
OPINION: Rev. Mark H. Creech By almost every modern measure of successful ministry, Jesus’ sermon would have been considered a…
OPINION: Don Brash/Hobson’s Pledge. Outrageous. That was the first word that came to mind when a supporter sent me a…
Opinion Dr Muriel Newman On one side is a coalition that wants to encourage people to get ahead through lower…
OPINION: Rev Dr Stuart Laing-NZ Christian Network. All political parties have values, and feel they do good for everyone. However,…
Ashley Church Over the past few weeks I’ve noticed a steady increase in the number of social media posts and…
OPINION: Rodney Hide Remember when questioning the origin of SARS-CoV-2 got you banned, branded a public-health threat, and cast out…
OPINION: Melanie Phillips/JNS.org The war of conquest against the West involves both Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood. America has changed…
OPINION: Michael Swanson On Friday I sat down with the Vote2026 Team at the University of Otago, a student-produced series…
Ashley Church A few weeks ago I wrote an article about Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist whose extraordinary story was…
OPINION: Peter Williams. When a system fails-It’s time someone is made accountable Here’s a question. If an organisation experiences “systemic…