Hearing the use of the Maori language on mainstream media during Maori Language Week provoked Don Brash to again demand that we be "one people" united in our Britishness. No doubt there are many people who agree with him. But is the tide of history leading to a more diverse society and is Maori language and culture becoming part of all of our lives?
Read MoreGuyon Espiner
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?
Poor Dave Withrow's radio insists on speaking te reo Māori to him. Won't someone please think of the aging fisherman?
Read MoreThe politics of vilification
The specifics in the Hagar book are devastating. To focus on them, the left should take Nicky Hager’s advice and avoid the politics of vilification.
Read MoreThe left must stand up to abuse
It’s time for the tolerant, open and compassionate left to stand up to vilification and abuse when it is practised by sections of the left.
Read MoreDecoding 3rd Degree and the Labour 'conspiracy'
What an interesting online and social media fuss there's been about the 3rd Degree piece on Shane Jones this week. To me it just seems like a misguided argument based on the tired olf 'journalists are so awful' meme
Read MoreAfghanistan: the war of words – and friendly fire
The Government’s spin machine cranks into action but its selective secrecy policy raises more questions about SAS operations in Afghanistan than it answers
"Nigga needs to get got, yo"
Lockwood Smith is sending out a message. No-one disrespects the rules of his crib.
Read MoreThe PM and the eternal dilemma that will reveal him
John Key wants to cut taxes, maintain spending and not saddle future generations with debt. But no country can cut its revenue and increase expenditure at the same time, so conflicted Key faces a hard choice
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