In 2016 while working as a journalist, I spent some time interviewing a Man of Māori descent. He was the facilitator of a seminar about suicide prevention. As we talked,…

Many times, I have spoken about the deafening silence of the spiritual leaders in this nation. Oh yes, we do occasionally hear them speak about the housing shortage, the rising…

At the beginning of the year, the speaker of New Zealand’s Parliament Trevor Mallard for once was right on the money when he suggested New Zealanders needed to stock up…

Many years ago, I walked into a menswear store in Porirua and was set upon by a member of staff asking me “Did I know who the Beatles were?” The…

The redefinition of right and wrong in New Zealand At the end of the Bible book of Judges there are three chapters on the state of Israel which is summed…

George Orwell depicted a mind-control technique employed by his fictional party called “doublethink,” which “describes the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in distinct social…

You know here we are in 2022 and there are so, so many things we are not allowed to talk about, have an opinion about for fear we might hurt…

The Internet sure has been buzzing about “the Great Reset” lately. That term has been trending on Facebook and Twitter, and even Time Magazine featured a cover article about it.…

Having had our lives disrupted by Covid Pandemic over the past two years I want to ask you a question How are you going? We’ve had our share of anxiety…

Now that the occupation of Parliament Grounds has ended probably the way everyone expected it to. Its time to take a breath and reflect on the past three weeks. There…