Thursday, December 18, 2025
Brendan O'Neill: The hatred for the Jewish State is endangering the Jewish people
Labels: Bondi Beach Terror Attack, Brendan O'NeillAfter Bondi, we can deny it no longer – bourgeois Israelophobia has aided and abetted a lethal new violence.
Let me get this right – we’re expected to believe it is entirely coincidental that there has been a spike in anti-Jewish violence at the exact same time as hatred for the Jewish State has soared? We’re meant to think there is no connection whatsoever between today’s frothing bourgeois animus for the Jewish nation and the rise in disdain for the Jewish people? You’re telling us the targeting of Jews in the West is wholly unrelated to the Western elites’ ceaseless damning of the Jewish homeland as a uniquely barbarous entity?
Kerre Woodham: How do we heal our country's divisions?
Labels: Covid, Kerre Woodham, Springbok tour protest, Waterfront workers strikeI remember back when I first started talkback, a million years ago at nighttime, it must have been the semicentennial of the waterfront workers strike of '51, or the lockout, depending on which side you're on. It was the biggest industrial confrontation in New Zealand's history for those who don't know of it. It was 151 days from February to July, and at its peak, 22,000 waterside workers, or wharfies, and associated unions were off the job, out of a population of just under 2 million.
David Farrar: Yes there should be a by-election in Papatoetoe
Labels: David Farrar, Papatoetoe by-electionRadio NZ reports:
A district court judge has reserved his decision on whether a by-election is needed in an Auckland local body election.
The hearing followed a petition by former Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board member Lehopoaome Vi Hausia, who claimed to have received reports of voting papers being stolen from residents and submitted without their consent.
David Farrar: TPM skip electorate offices, as well as Parliament!
Labels: David Farrar, Electorate Offices, Te Pati MaoriThe Herald reports:
Te Pāti Māori has broken with tradition and decided against running MP constituent offices in their electorates, despite getting additional funding for the large electorates it won at the 2023 election.
New Zealand First, as well, has decided not to run any offices in the community – but it has no electorate MPs.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Breaking Views Update: Week of 14.12.25
Labels: Breaking Views Update: monitoring race relations in the mediaWednesday December 17, 2025
News:
Executive assistant resigns over mayor’s ‘disregard for Treaty principles’
Napier mayor Richard McGrath’s executive assistant has resigned, saying she can no longer work for him due to his “disregard for Treaty principles”.
Vanessa Smith-Glintenkamp, who was employed in the role under former mayor Kirsten Wise in May 2023, wrote to McGrath and the Napier City Council chief executive Louise Miller last Thursday saying she would resign.
Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Another fiscal result telling us what we already know
Labels: Fiscal forecasts, New Zealand economy, Ryan BridgeIt's like waiting for Christmas when you're a ten-year-old, the whole month of December feels like an eternity.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Bondi attack was a race relations problem
Labels: Australian affairs, Bondi Beach Terror Attack, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Race relationsI don’t think guns were the problem on Sunday. Australia already has some of the tightest gun laws in the world.
Pee Kay: DOC’s OIA Response
Labels: Department of Conservation (DoC), Ngatwai, Official Information Act (OIA), Pee Kay, Poor Knights Islands', Protest, Unauthorised landingAni O'Brien: Bondi Terror - Can we look back in anger yet?
Labels: Ani O'Brien, Bondi Beach Terror AttackTolerance must not be a suicide pact
If you were shocked by what happened at Bondi last night you have ignored every warning sign.
You might be horrified. In fact, if you are, you are human. But if you are surprised you have not been paying even minimal attention to what has been happening across Western cities for the past two years. The last twenty plus years really. This was the inevitable direction of travel.
Dr Will Jones: Right Wins Chile Election on Mass Deportation Platform
Labels: Chile presidential election, Dr Will Jones, Jose Antonio KastThe Right has won the Presidential election in Chile, with conservative Jose Antonio Kast defeating his communist rival on a platform of cracking down on crime and deporting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. The Telegraph has more.
Philip Crump: The Architecture of a Capable State - Why Cuts, Cosmetic Fixes and Good Intentions are not enough
Labels: Keynote address at the NZ Taxpayers Union AGM, Philip CrumpKeynote address to the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union AGM – 15 December 2025
This is the text of a keynote address I delivered to the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union AGM on 15 December 2025. It is offered in a personal capacity and reflects an institutional and structural analysis of how the State is organised to deliver outcomes. It is not an endorsement of any organisation, political party, or policy programme.
Bruce Cotterill: Christopher Luxon leadership - Why National would be ‘nuts’ to roll him
Labels: Bruce Cotterill, Christopher Luxon, Election 2026The past couple of weeks have seen plenty of conjecture about the future of Christopher Luxon as the leader of the National Party and hence, Prime Minister.
I don’t know if the rumbles about Chris Bishop rolling him are true or not. And I’m no political strategist. But let me say this. The National Party would be “nuts” to drop Luxon now.
JC: West Not Fit For Purpose
Labels: JC, World crisisThe world right now is probably in its most dangerous state since WWII. The West is showing that there is a reluctance to accept reality. Allowing situations to develop as they are is inviting more trouble further down the track. Talkfests that fail to produce the action required are largely a waste of time. The policies introduced will not solve the problems we are currently facing.
David Farrar: The ever growing black market
Labels: David Farrar, Illegal sales, tax1 News reported:
The latest estimates put the market share for illegal tobacco sales between 25% and 65%, illicit tobacco and e-cigarette commissioner Amber Shuhyta told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday night.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Geoff Parker: Bastion Point, Rewritten History, and the Politics of Permanent Grievance
Labels: Bastion Point, colonisation, Crown-Maori partnership, Geoff Parker, Land confiscations, Ngati Whatua, Treaty breachesHana Pera Aoake’s article in The Post reads less like history and more like advocacy presented as reflection. It leans heavily on symbolism and emotion while relying on selective memory and the omission of inconvenient facts—choices that serve a predetermined grievance narrative rather than an honest accounting of the past.
Start with Bastion Point itself. In 1886, 5.3 hectares of land were acquired under the Public Works Act for declared military purposes. This was neither a confiscation nor an unpaid seizure. Ngāti Whātua received £1,500 in compensation—roughly equivalent to about NZ$570,000 in today’s terms. On a per‑hectare basis, that payment was approximately twice the median value of today’s undeveloped New Zealand farmland. By any reasonable standard, the compensation was generous. Calling this “theft” obscures the basic facts: it was a lawful acquisition, accompanied by substantial payment.
Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Here's the worst part of the Bondi Beach terror attack
Labels: Australia, Bondi Beach Terror Attack, Ryan BridgeSadly, this type of attack is happening and will keep happening more frequently, according to intelligence agencies. And the worst part is that it's almost impossible to stop.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'm confident for the economy in 2026
Labels: Heather du Plessis-Allan, New Zealand economyAt least two major retail banks see signs of an economic recovery and we have a new Reserve Bank Governor.
John Robertson: Secularism by Exception - Why New Zealand Needs One Rule for All
Labels: John Robertson, Maori spirtual concepts, SecularismNew Zealand likes to tell itself a comforting story: that we are a modern, secular democracy where the state stays neutral and citizens are free to believe - or not believe - without pressure. In theory, that sounds right. In practice, it increasingly feels untrue.
Across schools, councils, universities, hospitals, courts, public workplaces, environmental law, research funding, museums, and national ceremonies, a single belief system has been given a status no other belief enjoys. Māori spiritual concepts—tikanga Māori (customary rules), wairuatanga (the spiritual dimension), mauri (life force), tapu (sacred restriction), and related ideas—are routinely embedded into public institutions. Participation is expected. Opt‑outs are rare or non‑existent. Questioning it is discouraged. Compliance is assumed.
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