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‘We must come to see that the end we seek is a society that is at peace with itself.’

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights leader 

Society is made up of groups with different practices, traditions, customs and attitudes. Issues of inequality, criminality, race, gender and class demand an empathetic and nuanced, but critical examination. Parliament and the courts are the final arbiters. 

What is “woke”? 

April 22, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

To the woke, everyone else is “far right”.

If Tusiata Avia’s poem isn’t racist, then what is?

April 22, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

You may not have heard, but the definition of racism has changed.

Climate policies in tiny NZ cannot affect the world’s climate  

April 15, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Despite the ‘consensus’ on the urgency of climate action in New Zealand, the country has virtually no ability to impact global emissions.

Labour rebrands Three Waters, but co-governance stays 

April 15, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Who cares how many entities if there’s no democratic control and a convoluted management structure?

Officials supported transgender bullies

April 15, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Officials try to prevent political opposition from talking.

Te reo everywhere, everyway, for everyone, every day

April 10, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

The Government has gone to massive efforts to force more te reo into Kiwi culture, but are its efforts helping or hurting?

She’s back… and ready to fight any disinformation except her own

April 9, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Will this effort to stop radicalisation online become a mission to silence political opposition?

Remind me why Posie is so evil?

April 3, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Media mostly pushing one side, without acknowledging the other.

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