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Showing posts with label Simon O'Connor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simon O'Connor. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Reflections from the ED

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A recent trip to the emergency department, and a longer stay in hospital, had me thinking about the current debate around cultural competenc...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Rinse, Repeat, Revolt

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Why National's latest leadership drama is not an ending, but another chapter in an unresolved political struggle. Back in April, I wrote...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Foreign interference is very real in New Zealand

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I recently gave a speech to MPs, academics, journalists, and the general public on foreign interference in New Zealand, sharing some real an...
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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Muddled multiculturalism

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After travelling through Morocco and Portugal, and attending conferences in London, I found myself asking a simple question: can a nation re...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Simon O'Connor: It's already a failure

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I'm prepared to say it now, even before the full text is released, but the framework to end the conflict between Iran and the United Sta...
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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Simon O'Connor: China's bullying on full display

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China's decision to sanction New Zealand MPs for visiting Taiwan is outrageous, yet how New Zealand's parliament and political leade...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Simon O'Connor: We are being misled

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I explore three of the ways many in media manipulate stories and, as Sir Roger Scruton once noted, effectively censor what people read and h...
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Friday, May 22, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Be prepared

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The fraying of the international rules-based order and various conflicts - either happening now or possible in the future - should see New Z...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Where has the far-left gone?

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Precision in language is important. Calling anyone slightly right of the moderate left - 'far right' - while rarely challenging thos...
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Friday, May 8, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Hamlet and the NZ media

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Some journalists recent behaviour; legal threats; hidden stories; and an ideologically captured regulator. The state of New Zealand's me...
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Friday, April 24, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Rinse and repeat

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National's current woes are not unique to them as a political party, but instead indicative of cultural and structural problems within N...
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Saturday, April 11, 2026

Simon O'Connor: A fragile President and ceasefire

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Some reflections on Donald Trump's recent comments and the somewhat ceasefire in the Middle East Please note, events are moving very fas...
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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Simon O'Connor: BSA - Ideologically compromised?

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The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) decision to include online broadcasting under its jurisdiction is an overreach, ideological, but ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Of fuel and fury

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How can a government ministry blatantly fund political and 'furious' activism, yet there be so little media scrutiny? And why the fu...
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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Simon O'Connor: A lost opportunity

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The Royal Commission report into Covid was an opportunity for people's voices to be heard. Sadly, it has failed, preferencing power over...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Simon O'Connor: The failing international rules based order

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Other than in the minds of UN junkies and some academics, the international rules based order has not been functioning properly for a long t...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Simon O'Connor: We no longer recognise evil

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As the Islamic regime in Iran begins to crumble, it is clear from comments of some politicians, academics, and activists that they no longer...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Control, curate, and censor

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The motivations to stop using X - be it media or now the Clerk of New Zealand's parliament - are couched in moral terms by opponents, bu...
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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Free Jimmy Lai

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A good man is going to die in a Hong Kong prison for believing in freedom and democracy. His name is Jimmy Lai So, Hong Konger Jimmy Lai is ...
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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Simon O'Connor: Bridging inconsistency

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It seems some in society are happy to accept inconsistency based on political preference. Got a far left or progressive cause - then all is ...
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