This bloke just crashed into my house and keeps chanting ‘miss me yet? miss me yet’? He won’t leave
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This bloke just crashed into my house and keeps chanting ‘miss me yet? miss me yet’? He won’t leave
Couldn’t be more delighted to see this is how giraffes are transported
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Couldn’t be more delighted to see this is how giraffes are transported
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
I don’t think RCR has much of an audience - and it’s a tedious interview that will convert no one - so I don’t think it matters. But it’s a window into the self-congratulatory rage baiting that has come to define VFF as it has lost issue salience.
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I don’t think RCR has much of an audience - and it’s a tedious interview that will convert no one - so I don’t think it matters. But it’s a window into the self-congratulatory rage baiting that has come to define VFF as it has lost issue salience.
In the midst of a measles outbreak Voices for Freedom has gleefully interviewed Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced doctor behind the fraudulent study connecting the measles vaccine to autism.
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In the midst of a measles outbreak Voices for Freedom has gleefully interviewed Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced doctor behind the fraudulent study connecting the measles vaccine to autism.
The page on the March 15 terrorist attack boldly asks, what if the terrorist had a point? Great stuff.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The page on the March 15 terrorist attack boldly asks, what if the terrorist had a point? Great stuff.
The ACT party page is so rapturous that an economic contraction is cited as evidence of the party’s success. I don’t think ACT would want credit for that.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The ACT party page is so rapturous that an economic contraction is cited as evidence of the party’s success. I don’t think ACT would want credit for that.
This is how Grokipedia, the AI-generated Wikipedia without propaganda, describes New Zealand’s political parties.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is how Grokipedia, the AI-generated Wikipedia without propaganda, describes New Zealand’s political parties.
Real estate agent ‘Big Red’ Shefford is the new deputy mayor of the Selwyn District.
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Real estate agent ‘Big Red’ Shefford is the new deputy mayor of the Selwyn District.
If I could change one thing about political reporting in New Zealand it would be the reflex to treat policy criticism from the political opposition as not only meaningful but the most important thing.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If I could change one thing about political reporting in New Zealand it would be the reflex to treat policy criticism from the political opposition as not only meaningful but the most important thing.
This is how good the vibes are in Christchurch these days. Even the weather is showing respect
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is how good the vibes are in Christchurch these days. Even the weather is showing respect
Some people get so caught up in online culture war stuff that they seem to forget they are not American. Here is an Aucklander imagining being jailed for speech crimes by an imaginary regime in a country he does not live in.
October 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Some people get so caught up in online culture war stuff that they seem to forget they are not American. Here is an Aucklander imagining being jailed for speech crimes by an imaginary regime in a country he does not live in.
A Voices for Freedom billboard in Wellington (posted on Reddit)
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
A Voices for Freedom billboard in Wellington (posted on Reddit)
Compare and contrast: A statement from an NZ First spokesman 6 months ago about the actions of a party member and supporter, and a statement today from that same party’s leader.
October 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Compare and contrast: A statement from an NZ First spokesman 6 months ago about the actions of a party member and supporter, and a statement today from that same party’s leader.
A public service announcement about why you shouldn’t defame a lawyer
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A public service announcement about why you shouldn’t defame a lawyer
This is gaining traction in anti-COVID vax circles but none of them have clocked that it comes from a dataset spanning 2000-2020. The shots are so powerful they transcend time.
September 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This is gaining traction in anti-COVID vax circles but none of them have clocked that it comes from a dataset spanning 2000-2020. The shots are so powerful they transcend time.
Unrelated, and not in the story, but points to anyone who can identify this candidate who attended NZ First’s members-only convention recently
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Unrelated, and not in the story, but points to anyone who can identify this candidate who attended NZ First’s members-only convention recently
New bridge in the red zone looks epic. While Wellingtonians squabble interminably over their awful retro bridge, Christchurch gets stuck in and builds for the future. Powerful.
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New bridge in the red zone looks epic. While Wellingtonians squabble interminably over their awful retro bridge, Christchurch gets stuck in and builds for the future. Powerful.
FREE SPEECH IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND NO MAN* CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU!
*except Donald Trump
*except Donald Trump
September 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
FREE SPEECH IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND NO MAN* CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU!
*except Donald Trump
*except Donald Trump
Remarkable image of the seat of Nepal's government on fire www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...
September 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Remarkable image of the seat of Nepal's government on fire www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
September 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
On the plus side, a candidate is finally standing against woke playgrounds
September 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
On the plus side, a candidate is finally standing against woke playgrounds