Te Papa took a beating for suggesting Maori cultural values are a reason to treat genders differently. So what happens when Parliament legislates that Maori must be treated differently?
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Dodging bullets (or is that ballots?)
New Zealand's great voting fraud story looks to have died - for now, anyway.
Read MoreGreenpeace: Fonterror campaign
Greenpeace’s old mojo, zooming about in front of Japanese ships, was getting a bit tired; anyway, they’re constructive parties to the anti-whaling talks now, implicating Fonterra in rainforest clearance instead
Read MoreHow to lose voters and alienate people
John Banks' campaign has him peering over motorways and turning up on television at the eleventh hour. Len Brown, meanwhile, is everywhere
Read MoreNot in my name, Paul Henry
Paul Henry must go - TVNZ is culpable if it nurtures this culture of bullying any longer
Read MoreClimate carbon negotiations: a black hole, and a new idea
If there is no post-Kyoto climate deal, of the kind attempted at Copenhagen, few if any will care. Jeanette Fitzsimons, back in the country and back at work, tells Pundit why she doubts Kyoto and the ETS can help us. She wants to start again
Read MoreIn Auckland it's a carpetbagger, in Christchurch a jacket is winning
Council campaigns are in the home straight... In Auckland, Orakei is set for change for the first time since World War II, but will be much the same. In other wards, it's tight as heck. And in Christchurch, the campaign's being won by a jacket
Read MoreBernard Hickey converts just as Europe erupts
Austerity protests rage across Europe, and here in New Zealand a leading proponent of the free-market economy rethinks his stance
Read MoreC&R look creaky & rusty, and where's John Key?
Citizens & Ratepayers look to be on the ropes in the Auckland elections as voters tune in and the Prime Minister is notable by his absence
Read MoreCERRA vs. NZBORA - or, when acronyms attack ...
Apparently the Canterbury earthquake emergency legislation is completely consistent with our fundamental rights and freedoms. Or ... is it?
Read MorePunitive political group-think rules... J'accuse too
The legislative failings exposed by Andrew Geddis this week also reveal a depressing political reality
Read MoreHere's my case ... what's yours?
In which the author tries to show why he is right ... so nyah, nyah, nyah.
Read MoreJ'accuse
The National and Act Party members of the Law and Order select committee not only have no regard for basic individual rights, but they want to give William Bell, Graeme Burton and Clayton Weatherston the vote. They are not only moral pygmies, but they are really, really dumb.
Read MoreThe Self Destructive Gene of Individualism
Can small political parties, or political movements, survive their own members?
Read MoreACT exiting, stage right? Or will the Nats decide 'they're worth it'?
It's been easy to be a right-wing politician in New Zealand the past couple of years. It looks like it's about to get a lot trickier, as Garrett goes
Read MoreCanterbury's earthquake is worse than an infestation of zombies ...
In order to rebuild Canterbury after the earthquake, Parliament has given the government legal powers far wider than it would have if ravening undead hoards were to spread through our land.
Read MoreDavid Garrett and ACT: it's about forgiveness, even if you don't love me anymore
Prisoners used to get just the Bible to read in their cells. David Garrett might want to take a look at the parable of the unforgiving servant himself, as he looks for a way out of this week's mess... and what it all means for ACT
Read MoreEarthquake fascism and prostitution madness
Support from some Green and Labour MPs for conservative Manukau prostitution legislation is a real shocker
Read MoreAustralian Tim Flannery tells us what he really thinks
Tim Flannery — professor, former Australian of the year, David Attenborough-acclaimed scientist and explorer, chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council — offers some free frank advice to New Zealand
Read MoreThe law of necessity
To fix up the aftermath of Canterbury's earthquake, Parliament is going to give the Government almost complete control over our laws. That's maybe not such a good idea.
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