Labour’s Covid-19 response is losing its sense of urgency, something that’s becoming increasingly clear in the vaccination rollout, testing, immigration and much more
Read MoreFrom 'go hard, go early' to 'whatever': Labour loses Covid urgency
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Hey bro, luckily I'm not on it because if I had been, I'd have been sacked
Kris Faafoi has joined the long list of Labour MPs whose lack of judgment has hurt this government. He’s survived, ironically, because he didn’t do what he promised. But these lapses are no laughing matter for a lurching Labour Party
Read MoreThe “no true Kiwi” fallacy – and how to avoid it
You commit the “no true Kiwi” fallacy by insisting that bigotry isn’t the real Kiwi way. Doing so isn’t just flawed reasoning, it ignores those for whom bigotry is a very real part of their lives. Instead: listen, re-examine, aspire, and be a helper.
Read MoreA snaking line of humanity that NZ can be proud of
What kind of New Zealand might we see in 20 years? Well I saw a snaking line recently and rather than having a nightmarish premonition, I was filled with hope
Read MoreHow Does Immigration Benefit the New Zealand Economy?
Answering that question proves to be challenging. This preliminary assessment suggests the economic benefits to incumbent New Zealanders may not be great.
Read MoreThe case for open doors
Put aside the populism and look at what immigration really brings us and what choices we really face
Read MoreBeing “criminally inadmissible” to Canada unless “rehabilitated”
My anti-apartheid protest convictions nearly kept me out of Canada. Luckily, I had friends in high places. What though of those many people in our world, especially those seeking refuge from war and oppression, who do not?
Read MoreIs the Government Expecting a Migration Boom?
A recent government report projects huge increases in employment but at least 72 percent of those jobs are to go to immigrants.
Read MoreCleaning house, English-style: Water was just the start
Last week National made some promises about water, and copped plenty of flak on the way. That move signalled the soft launch of National's election campaign, as it starts to tidy up the policies that put victory in September at risk
Read MoreShamubeel is right - Get @X!@ real about immigration!
Blaming the Auckland housing bubble on immigrants is like saying 'cars are too expensive in New Zealand because the Chinese are buying all our cars.’
Read MoreThe powerful Professor Mutu
Margaret Mutu has stirred the pot with comments about restricting white immigration. But the true bite comes in her claim that she can't be racist, a claim that no longer holds water
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday September 7
Pakistan captures senior al-Qaeda leader who planned attacks on US, Europe and Australia; as 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, experts discuss its impact on civil liberties, homeland security, immigration and more; inflation is China's most urgent economic concern, says World Bank; Turkey has suspended diplomatic ties with Israel; Indian PM visits Bangladesh; 750,000 people at risk of death in Somalia; and more
Read MoreNorway's terror - Lessons learned?
Left- and right-wing politicians and commentators in Europe are grappling with the lessons to be learned from the terrorist attack in Norway -- and what it means for debate about immigration.
Read MoreGod bless America
Where the F word is not a dirty word, and what a breath of fresh air that is.
Read MoreGordon Brown and the 'bigot'
The PM's two words that brought his campaign to a thudding halt... and what it means for the next few days on the trail
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday January 26
US debates Haitian immigration; China accuses Google of being a pawn in America's "ideology war"; White House tries to whip up support for Bernanke; Greece "won't quit eurozone; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday August 12
Obama backtracks on immigration promise and targets drug war; Aung San Suu Kyi convicted; Hundreds feared dead in Taiwan; Iraq death toll reaches 100 in four days; and more
Read MoreKiwi jobs for Kiwi workers
Sadly, New Zealand unions are delivering the same rhetoric as nationalist political parties worldwide
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday September 29
National would abolish Maori seats; tax cuts about to hit; anti-smacking bill still unpopular; more milk woes; boost for yellow-eyed penguin; and more
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