Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Why shouldn't ACT have a go? The Left's been at it for decades

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David Seymour’s announcement that ACT may stand candidates in council elections triggered a discussion on Nick Mills’ talkback show on Newst...
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Friday, March 14, 2025

Polkinghorne unchastened

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In the New Zealand Herald this morning, Steve Braunias reports on the opening of the inquest into the death of Pauline Hanna, wife of Auckla...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

A lamentation for hard news photos and the people who took them

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My wife’s not exactly an avid sports fan, but she was moved to remark on a brilliant Associated Press photo on the back page of today’s Wair...
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Thursday, March 6, 2025

A tip for Luxon: ignore your media coaches

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Commenting on Christopher Luxon’s inability to express himself clearly and honestly, Stuff columnist Janet Wilson, a former National Party ...
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Friday, February 28, 2025

When principle sinks in a swamp of legalism

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I n a past life, many years ago, I informally sought advice from a highly respected Wellington lawyer, the late Sandra Moran, over a legal i...
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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Marching blindly into the post-journalism era

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Herewith, two unrelated (or perhaps not) examples of the insidious bias that pervades the mainstream Western media. Neither is necessarily o...
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Sunday, January 26, 2025

A journey into the hinterland

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  Hedley's Book Shop in Masterton was packed on Friday night for the launch of my friend Simon Burt's book Route 52: A Big Lump of C...
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