Te Mana o te Wai introduced spiritual and subjective concepts like mauri (life force of water), which had no clear, measurable standards and left councils spending millions contracting consultants to advise on how to implement it. Will Nats keep it? bassettbrashandhide.com/post/peter-wil…

Puerto Rico has banned puberty blockers and transgender surgery for youth under 21, joining about 25 US States or territories with legal restrictions or bans on so-called “trans healthcare”. Many European countries have also now implemented restrictions. But in New Zealand, the

The Czech Republic has criminalised spreading communist propaganda, putting it on par with spreading Nazi propaganda under Czech law. As a free speech advocate I think you ought to be able to do both, even though I disagree with them. But it is remarkable how many countries have

Inflation is creeping up to uncomfortably high levels again, which may get the Reserve Bank thinking about raising interest rates and putting the kibosh on economic growth. Not good. The biggest drivers appear to be local government rates, rents, and electricity prices. The

Breaking News: Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party suffered a defeat in parliamentary elections that saw new right-wing populist groups make gains. nyti.ms/40vGP6p

New Zealand joins partners in reiterating our call to end the war in Gaza. Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of 🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧 ⬇️ gov.uk/government/new…

The Harmony Accord is interesting because it reveals the contradiction at the heart of the liberal/globalist ruling ideology - multiculturalism undermines social cohesion, which we either have to solve by reversing multiculturalism or by restricting free speech. Which of the two

Breaking News: Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76. The lead singer of Black Sabbath helped invent heavy metal before becoming a reality TV star on “The Osbournes.” nyti.ms/46UiCKQ

We will not allow New Zealand to be used as a springboard for people born overseas to get into other countries.

I appreciate this article from Dane Giraud 🦍✡️, he’s making a real argument here - that free speech is the enemy of conservatives and traditionalists because it can be used to undermine and overturn their values. I disagree because I think those values are true and good, and that

Sport NZ has abandoned its guidelines for the inclusion of transgender people in community sport. A big win, delivering on a key election promise. Thank you to Ro Edge and Save Women’s Sports Australasia for their important work on this issue. Read more - nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/go…

Federated Farmers is calling for Greenpeace to lose its charitable status after the group defaced Gore’s iconic brown trout statue as part of a protest against nitrates from dairy farming allegedly making the towns drinking water unhealthy. Read more - ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/rur…

The state has no place in people’s bedrooms - and biological males have no place in women’s sports. Sport NZ has announced it is totally removing its gender participation guidelines due to a government direction that NZ First promised during the election and have delivered.

The Government is working on some concerning changes to the Terrorism Suppression Act that have big free speech implications and might outlaw legitimate forms of protest. The changes were recommended by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch Terror attack and