Dieuwe de Boer

Submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill

I believe the bill to be better than the status quo. It has already been stated that the bill will not pass, so I make my comments in line with that expectation.

Another year draws to a close. I'd like to thank all my readers and listeners across New Zealand who have enjoyed all the commentary I've been able to produce for Good Oil News, RCR,  Left Foot Media, and my own Right Minds blog.

Former colonies of the British Empire all have an origin story: America's Pilgrims, Australia's First Fleet, and Canada's Thanksgiving. What of New Zealand?

It's taken five long years, but the raid on my family home (first reported by the Good Oil's predecessor) has been ruled to be illegal by the High Court. A few small excerpts from the judgement:

There is a difference between being in government and in power. Far too often necessary changes are not made because bureaucrats entrench themselves and ministers refuse to demand the changes.

We're in a bit of a tough spot. Since the 1970s Maori have developed a bit of a racial consciousness—the "Maori Renaissance" as they call it.

On the flight from Auckland to Toyko I finally had a chance to finish reading Yukio Mishima's Sun and Steel, his personal testament on "art, action, and ritual death." Mishima was a Japanese poet and author who is a complicated figure, in large part bec

This may seen somewhat strange and provocative, but I believe this is an important point to make out loud and one that should be as easy to say as "water is wet." A nation is a people. "Ethnos" is the Greek word for nation, tribe, and people.

Much was made of an August 2024 poll by the NZ Herald that showed "most New Zealanders support Kamala Harris." Her support was 55% with Donald Trump's at a mere 21%.

Allow me to stay on the theme of demographics for another week.