Thoughts from 40° South

I have been intending to write down my thoughts on the massacre of Israelis by Hamas terrorists and Gaza civilians on October 7th, 2023, eve...

In 1877, the Supreme Court of New Zealand declared the Treaty of Waitangi to be a "simple nullity" and said it had no force in la...

Libertarians have been divided over whether governments should have locked down entire populations to stop the spread of Covid-19. Perhaps t...

There is a realignment of politics that has been occurring around the world for some time. The traditional battle lines between the left and...

The mainstream media, particularly those here in New Zealand, seem to get worse by the day. They have abandoned any pretence of objectivity,...

New Zealanders became complacent, even a little arrogant, about the country's Covid-19 status. We managed to keep the disease at bay for...

Twenty years after the United States invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban regime that was harbouring the architects of the 9/11 attacks...