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When a child from a tough home gets to school, should we expect them to do just as well as the kids from middle class homes? The answer is yes www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Does it help children learn? Lessons from failure in education
OPINION: When a child from a tough home gets to school, should we expect them to do just as well as the kids from middle class homes?
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October 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
When a child from a tough home gets to school, should we expect them to do just as well as the kids from middle class homes? The answer is yes www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the American Chlöe, but 95% nut-free. She is now distancing herself from her woke call to defund the police. “Woke 1.0 was crazy,” she says, implying a 2.0 sequel. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Woke is the joke: Making a punchline out of the prudes and prefects
OPINION: Laughter will always be on the front line of restoring the value of democracy and tolerance.
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September 19, 2026 at 4:16 AM
US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the American Chlöe, but 95% nut-free. She is now distancing herself from her woke call to defund the police. “Woke 1.0 was crazy,” she says, implying a 2.0 sequel. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Voters focus on the economy. Political parties switch to cultural differences. The Greens oppose data centres. Labour opposes energy security. Opportunity wanted to try 25-year-olds in youth courts. Te Pati Maori supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Josie Pagani: Culture war touchstones displacing families’ everyday concerns
OPINION: Fun game - identify the politics of a thing. Utes, right wing. Cycle lanes, left. Obviously. Data-centres, reality TV, right. Film festivals, beards, left.
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August 22, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Voters focus on the economy. Political parties switch to cultural differences. The Greens oppose data centres. Labour opposes energy security. Opportunity wanted to try 25-year-olds in youth courts. Te Pati Maori supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Make a change National or the country will www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Make a change National, or the country will
OPINION: Luxon keeps making a characteristic mistake; he is unable to explain why he is there or what he is trying to do, to speak to New Zealanders’ values, and to set out where he is taking us.
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August 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Make a change National or the country will www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Burnham wins his first exam question as leader: are you doing the things that voters say are the things? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Andy Burnham’s populist template offers a way forward for NZ
OPINION: In the book of Burnham, markets and governments are complements, not substitutes.
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July 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Burnham wins his first exam question as leader: are you doing the things that voters say are the things? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Right - last time I ever fly @JetstarAirways - had a carry on bag weighing just 4kg, but a computer in my handbag that took me just over 7kg…charged me $85!! How do I vote these guys out?
July 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Right - last time I ever fly @JetstarAirways - had a carry on bag weighing just 4kg, but a computer in my handbag that took me just over 7kg…charged me $85!! How do I vote these guys out?
For the sliver of the Venn diagram, of readers of this column, English football fans and history buffs: the World Cup has the feel of ’66 about it. No, not 1966; 1066, when King Harry’s England scraped a win over Norway only to be thrashed by the French. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
From Fifa sleaze to anti-GM scaremongering: A short history of mistrust
OPINION: Falsehoods and mistrust result in corruption and sleaze as surely as goals follow passes to Messi.
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July 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
For the sliver of the Venn diagram, of readers of this column, English football fans and history buffs: the World Cup has the feel of ’66 about it. No, not 1966; 1066, when King Harry’s England scraped a win over Norway only to be thrashed by the French. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
A quarter of a century on, the scandal is that the Greens have not recanted or apologised for scaremongering. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
From Fifa sleaze to anti-GM scaremongering: A short history of mistrust
OPINION: Falsehoods and mistrust result in corruption and sleaze as surely as goals follow passes to Messi.
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July 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
A quarter of a century on, the scandal is that the Greens have not recanted or apologised for scaremongering. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
For the sliver of the Venn diagram of readers of this column, English football fans and history buffs: the World Cup has the feel of ’66 about it. Not 1966; 1066, when King Harry’s England scraped a win over Norway only to be thrashed by the French. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
From Fifa sleaze to anti-GM scaremongering: A short history of mistrust
OPINION: Falsehoods and mistrust result in corruption and sleaze as surely as goals follow passes to Messi.
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July 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
For the sliver of the Venn diagram of readers of this column, English football fans and history buffs: the World Cup has the feel of ’66 about it. Not 1966; 1066, when King Harry’s England scraped a win over Norway only to be thrashed by the French. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Starmer was going round the country stirring up apathy. His government was defined by incrementalism. Fearful of unpopular decisions instead of winning arguments for changes. In an echo, Labour here is yet to outline a coherent plan. Today’s the day? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Spatchcocked politics in the UK offer us a useful guide
OPINION: Seven UK Prime Ministers in 10 years is an expensive internship programme, or as one wit put it: welcome to 10 Downing Street, now sponsored by AirBnB.
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June 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Starmer was going round the country stirring up apathy. His government was defined by incrementalism. Fearful of unpopular decisions instead of winning arguments for changes. In an echo, Labour here is yet to outline a coherent plan. Today’s the day? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Spatchcocked politics in the UK offer NZ in election year a useful guide
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Spatchcocked politics in the UK offer us a useful guide
OPINION: Seven UK Prime Ministers in 10 years is an expensive internship programme, or as one wit put it: welcome to 10 Downing Street, now sponsored by AirBnB.
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June 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Spatchcocked politics in the UK offer NZ in election year a useful guide
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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7 UK Prime Ministers in 10 years is an expensive internship programme, or as one wit put it: welcome to 10 Downing Street, now sponsored by AirBnB….Biggest lesson from the UK is that people want disruption. They want meaningful change, not pocket money. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Spatchcocked politics in the UK offer us a useful guide
OPINION: Seven UK Prime Ministers in 10 years is an expensive internship programme, or as one wit put it: welcome to 10 Downing Street, now sponsored by AirBnB.
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June 26, 2026 at 9:55 PM
7 UK Prime Ministers in 10 years is an expensive internship programme, or as one wit put it: welcome to 10 Downing Street, now sponsored by AirBnB….Biggest lesson from the UK is that people want disruption. They want meaningful change, not pocket money. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Identity and climate still seem higher priorities. If Labour has done any hard thinking about what it got wrong in government, it’s not obvious. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Time for Labour to show why it deserves the public’s trust
OPINION: Now that Labour has released its candidate list and a policy, a new subsidy for public transport fares, it is time to pose questions about its plans, should it return to government this year.
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June 13, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Identity and climate still seem higher priorities. If Labour has done any hard thinking about what it got wrong in government, it’s not obvious. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
So the problem with the New Zealand economy is that too many people are giving to charities? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Budget makes it harder for charities to raise funds
OPINION: I did not expect the Government to decide that too many people are giving too much money to charities.
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May 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
So the problem with the New Zealand economy is that too many people are giving to charities? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
So what is the point of the new party then? Actually I think there is a point. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
What’s the big idea? Getting to the point in Māori politics
OPINION: Not all Māori want to be represented by one party any more than all Pākehā want a single Te Pāti Pākehā.
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May 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
So what is the point of the new party then? Actually I think there is a point. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Despite the best efforts of her interviewer, Julian Wilcox, Kapa-Kingi could not articulate a single policy that “the ones we’ve been waiting for” have been waiting for. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
What’s the big idea? Getting to the point in Māori politics
OPINION: Not all Māori want to be represented by one party any more than all Pākehā want a single Te Pāti Pākehā.
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May 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Despite the best efforts of her interviewer, Julian Wilcox, Kapa-Kingi could not articulate a single policy that “the ones we’ve been waiting for” have been waiting for. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Hungary shows you can fight back. The world hasn’t. It has tried to live with the crazy instead of making a red-blooded defence of the good. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
When the crazy comes calling: How did everything go so mad?
OPINION: This is batshit crazy.
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April 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Hungary shows you can fight back. The world hasn’t. It has tried to live with the crazy instead of making a red-blooded defence of the good. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
‘The obvious point is that it’s mad. Crazy. Bananas. The harder point is: how does he still have 80% approval ratings among Republicans?’ www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
When the crazy comes calling: How did everything go so mad?
OPINION: This is batshit crazy.
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April 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
‘The obvious point is that it’s mad. Crazy. Bananas. The harder point is: how does he still have 80% approval ratings among Republicans?’ www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
An easter message “The expert report said New Zealanders are meh about happiness. We have a “what goes up must come down” attitude, which unhappily inverts the historical Easter sequence. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
A lesson at Easter: The experts may be right, but sometimes faith wins over facts
OPINION: My fellow Catholics believe that Jesus died on Good Friday, and rose again on Sunday.
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April 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
An easter message “The expert report said New Zealanders are meh about happiness. We have a “what goes up must come down” attitude, which unhappily inverts the historical Easter sequence. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
An Easter message - sort of - “New Zealanders are meh about happiness. We have a “what goes up must come down” attitude, which unhappily inverts the historical Easter sequence. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
A lesson at Easter: The experts may be right, but sometimes faith wins over facts
OPINION: My fellow Catholics believe that Jesus died on Good Friday, and rose again on Sunday.
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April 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
An Easter message - sort of - “New Zealanders are meh about happiness. We have a “what goes up must come down” attitude, which unhappily inverts the historical Easter sequence. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
When Trump bombed Iran to get regime change, who knew he meant regime change in Wellington, and the Ayatollah representing the good people of Botany Bay? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
This is not the leader we need in times of war
OPINION: What the PM should have said, and why the drums started beating for him.
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March 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
When Trump bombed Iran to get regime change, who knew he meant regime change in Wellington, and the Ayatollah representing the good people of Botany Bay? www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Performances like the PM’s this week shake confidence, and when you get a bad poll your colleagues start telling reporters that the Prime Minister is doing a good job and won’t be going anywhere. They couldn’t be any clearer. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
This is not the leader we need in times of war
OPINION: What the PM should have said, and why the drums started beating for him.
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March 5, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Performances like the PM’s this week shake confidence, and when you get a bad poll your colleagues start telling reporters that the Prime Minister is doing a good job and won’t be going anywhere. They couldn’t be any clearer. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Maybe our problem is culture not politics. The thrill of a contest of ideas at our very own ‘Davos with Jandels’ reminds us how good it can be www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
NZ needs a cultural reset as much as a political one
OPINION: In this election, anyone who tries to fudge reality will end up a spatchcocked wreck of a candidate in these irritable times.
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February 20, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Maybe our problem is culture not politics. The thrill of a contest of ideas at our very own ‘Davos with Jandels’ reminds us how good it can be www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
We used to talk about the Davos set. We need a new name for the circuit of political figures, tech bros, media glamour hunters, artists, authors and billionaires that scratch each other’s backs: The Epstein Set. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Epstein saga exposes the flaw in our meritocracy
OPINION: The cost of calling out entitlement is high, and the benefits for those who play along with it are great.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We used to talk about the Davos set. We need a new name for the circuit of political figures, tech bros, media glamour hunters, artists, authors and billionaires that scratch each other’s backs: The Epstein Set. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...