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  • AI: A Great Equaliser For Political Dissidents?

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    There has been some debate on the right as to the meaning and purpose of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

  • Pounamu, Mining and the Bill of Rights

    Opinion
    Alister Hood

    The media is reporting again on the Labour government's inability to implement a mining ban promised in 2017.  The ban would infringe on the property rights of Ngāi Tahu, which was awarded ownership of all pounamu (greenstone) in its 1997 Treaty settlem

  • Rethinking & Reforming Conservative Politics

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    Ever since I accepted the invitation to join New Conservative, I've been thinking.

  • The Myth Of A Value-Neutral Society

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    New Zealand experienced two very important events this week that are more closely related than you might think. First, the chairman of the social housing ministry was sacked for making political statements in public.

  • Tusiata Avia's Poem As Hate Speech (From A Non-Left Wing Perspective)

    Opinion
    Gabriel Garcia

    The "poem" in question has been praised by some critics as a work of empowerment that challenges New Zealand's colonial past.

  • National's FamilyBoost Is Anti-Family Policy

    Opinion
    Alister Hood

    Why do we accept that it is best to separate children from their parents as early and for as long as possible?

  • NZ's Place In The Third World War

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    New Zealand often plays an insignificant part in greater geopolitical schemes. But we've been part of the current world order since before the outbreak of the Great War.

  • Floods Don't Have To Be The New Normal

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    While I've enjoyed many summer birthday celebrations, I was born in the winter. The cold and wet weather of this year's birthday felt like something of a flashback to 28 years ago.

  • How To Answer Gender Questions On Census 2023

    Opinion
    Dieuwe de Boer

    If you've had a look at the new census forms being sent out, you will have noticed there's a new question: "what is your gender" which is followed immediately by "what was your sex at birth?" This is deliberately dishonest on their part.

  • White Supremacy In New Zealand?

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    When I saw Paul Hunt's comments on white supremacy being woven into the fabric of New Zealand, I thought about putting some brief comments on my Telegram or my Twitter and carrying on.

  • The Wrath of the Old Gods

    Opinion
    Dieuwe de Boer

    As Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on our coasts, the MetService warned about what the storm god Tawhirimatea "has in store for us over the next few days" and that the sea god Tangaroa told them that the ocean would be unpredictable.

  • We Live In A Drongocracy

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    Every now and then I think about the 2006 "prophetic documentary" Idiocracy, which is about a future America where everyone is stupid because the underclass of society has lots of babies and the intelligentsia has none.

  • Te Reo Of Failure

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    One of the key takeaways that commentator Bryce Edwards took from Chris Hipkins' first speech as Prime Minister is that he failed to mention "Aotearoa" or any other Maori words and that therefore his premiership will be one of "dewokification".

  • Co-Governance Is Our Path To An Illiberal Future

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    Jacinda Ardern resigned suddenly as Prime Minister on Thursday, bringing back into focus the power of the Maori Caucus. In many ways the inevitable end to the liberal order that must come with co-governance had made Jacinda's position untenable.

  • Sir Bloomfield and Regime Obedience

    Insight
    Dieuwe de Boer

    The knighthood of Sir Ashley Bloomfield has something to teach us about the proper functioning of the elites in any ordered system. Now, our system is ordered towards evil, but it is still a somewhat ordered system.

  • The Year of the Storm?

    Opinion
    Dieuwe de Boer
    As violent January 2023 storms buffet the country and "supply chain issues" have led to a shortage of eggs and bread, are we looking at a portend of things to come?
  • Labour Has Been Hiding From The OIA For Years

    Opinion
    Dieuwe de Boer

    Dr Sharma's revelations that he was trained on how to hide communications from the OIA comes as no shock to me.

  • A Christian Nationalist Manifesto for New Zealand, Vol. 1

    Essay
    Dieuwe de Boer

    Charity, Politics, and The Great Commission

  • How A Joint List of Minor Parties Could Work

    Opinion
    Dieuwe de Boer

    New Zealand's Mixed Member Proportional electoral system has a problem.

  • The Matariki Big Mac

    Opinion
    Dieuwe de Boer

    The introduction of a new public holiday comes with a battle as old as time.