Browsing: Opinion
Opinion: Ashley Church New Zealand is in the early stages of a major debate about children, social media, digital identity…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. In Wellington salons and certain Auckland boardrooms, the conventional wisdom is settled: China is the unstoppable rising…
OPINION: Don Brash/Hobson’s Pledge. From activist groups weaponising professional complaints and silencing dissenting voices to taxpayer-funded universities mandating ideological courses,…
Supplied: Science Media Centre The UN General Assembly has adopted last year’s International Court of Justice ruling that countries –…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. We vote every three years, and then, for most of us, democracy largely goes on without us.…
OPINION: Ashley Church. For nearly three years now, a moral, cultural and political battle about Israel has been raging across…
By Elliot Neaman/US Correspondent The attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner exposes America’s deepening polarization, gun saturation and social…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. It took becoming a mother to awaken an interest in politics in me. Having then become increasingly…
OPINION: Robin Schumacher, The Wall Street Journal recently reported that young New Yorkers have a new hot spot: Sunday Mass. At St.…
(cvnznews.com editorial note: Qiulae Wong referred to in this opinion piece is also known as “Q” and is the leader…
OPINION: Gary Judd, KC. A Constitutional Trojan Horse: advancing change through political stealth Trade Minister Hon Todd McClay has announced…
Opinion: Noah Meagher AI is undoubtedly a big deal in the world of education. Many schools are introducing AI curricula…
By Melanie Phillips/JNS.og Shockingly, the West has framed antisemitism and anti-Zionism as conscience itself. In America and Britain, political violence…
Supplied By SNAP Aotearoa New Zealand Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin recently encouraged New Zealand Catholicsto contribute more actively to parish life and…
OPINION: Dr Muriel Newman. The recent appointment of ten unelected iwi representatives with full voting rights onto a Council Committee of…
OPINION: Zoran Rakovic. New Zealand’s slowdown isn’t just inflation or rates. It’s deferred maintenance. Why households are cutting back -…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. Are most parties a little bit populist now? As New Zealand heads into the 2026 general election,…
OPINION: MickeySavage This is a bit of a slow burner of an issue and relates back to the time that…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Why are voters really abandoning traditional political parties? Election results, last week, confirmed a trend that seems…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford, criticizing ACT’s proposed levy on immigrant workers, said it will fall to farmers…
By Michael Swanson Should Labour extend an olive branch to The Opportunity Party? There’s a pretty strong case for such…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Yesterday I pulled into a major-brand service station to fill the tank in my car. (and yes,…
Opinion: John Bowie, LawFuel publisher It takes a certain perverted genius for the state broadcaster to threaten to sue a…
OPINION: Jonathan S. Tobin. Americans don’t like war in general. But if it has to be done, it had better…
OPINION: Ashley Church. A few weeks ago I wrote an article pushing back on the claim that Israel is committing…
By Steve Gatena A friend of mine used to start every morning the same way.Before his feet hit the floor,…
OPINION: Ashley Church I am a man of many contradictions. One of them is that while I don’t believe there…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. TVNZ Political Editor Maiki Sherman — the first Māori women to hold the job — repeatedly shouted…
OPINION: Peter Williams. Any politician who refuses to front on a particular media outlet essentially because he or she is…
By Jonathan Tobin/ JNS.org The latest attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump demonstrates anew that, like the toleration of antisemitism,…
OPINION: Zoran Rakovic. New Zealanders increasingly shoulder Treaty burdens not theirs to carry—learning Māori rites, obeying Crown guilt, and performing…
by Ani O’Brien Inside the Press Gallery: power, silence, and the accountability gap in New Zealand media On the evening…
OPINION: Roger Partridge New Zealand’s housing crisis has causes everyone recognises – RMA restrictions, building consent delays, infrastructure that cannot…
OPINION: Melanie Phillips. Most people in America are against the war with Iran, as they are in Britain, too. Very…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. Christianity didn’t just arrive in New Zealand—it built the place. Missionaries planted the first permanent settlement in…
OPINION: By Teasi Cannon, Would you board a cruise ship if you knew the captain and crew were hired not for…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. In March 2023, Green co-leader and then-Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, Marama Davidson,…
Opinion: Rodney Hide On Tuesday 21 April 2026, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called for a formal confidence vote in his…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell Speaking after his cabinet meeting yesterday, affirming his continuing leadership of the National Party, Prime Minister Chris…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien. Today must end it. After a weeks and months of constant cycles of breathless speculation, anonymous briefings,…