D.W. de Boer

There is an ongoing debate that is certain to heat up in the next year around the Treaty Principles.

There are three different stories from the past week that I want to weave together as they speak to the same problem.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care in NZ from 1950 to 2019 was released this month of July. The government issued a formal apology and made the usual promises to do things better.

It's been nearly eight years since I started publishing political and cultural commentary. One thing that has changed is the danger of labels.

Birth rates have dropped to an all-time low, as has the percentage of European New Zealanders, and the population is ageing. That's the summary of headlines around fertility data and demographic change in New Zealand.

In a sign of worse things to come Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced a general election for July 4th while reading out a robotic speech as he was drenched in the rain.

For many years the Australian “returning offender 501” legislation has had a significant strain on the New Zealand justice, welfare, and corrections systems.

Six months after the election a coalition deal of sorts was announced in The Netherlands by the PVV (Party for Freedom) leader Geert Wilders.

Amie and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this week, and her 30th birthday the week prior. The celebrations were a bit low-key as we're going to take an extended holiday together in a few months, without the three kids for the first time.

A video game review might not exactly be the kind of political content you expect from me, but I spent a few hours playing a newly released game last Saturday.