Life·Thought Piece The Fourth Estate is on life support and we’re the poorer for it September 30, 2026 Pat Pilcher A weakened press and a decline in critical thinking mean we're on the precipice of real danger, writes PAT PILCHER. Read this and weep. Read More
Life Election 2026 – Who’s got a plan for our digital future? September 10, 2026 Pat Pilcher Algorithms, AI and kids’ phones. Our friendly pundit PAT PILCHER looks at the tech policies of those contesting the upcoming election. Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece How to survive election year spin August 22, 2026 Pat Pilcher Every pre-election cycle is the same. We're set upon by a dizzying array of decoys and bullshit that distracts us from the actual issues. Read More
Life·Thought Piece AI and the state – What could possibly go wrong? June 29, 2026 Pat Pilcher Are the government's plans to further slash the public service and replace it with AI realistic, or just austerity with a shiny digital sticker Read More
Life·Thought Piece Should our national airline be sold? May 21, 2026 Pat Pilcher Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour reckons our national air carrier should be sold. PAT PILCHER looks at the real cost of doing that shonky Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece Why the English bill is an absolute disgrace May 14, 2026 Pat Pilcher So English will become an official language in NZ. So what? PAT PILCHER lays into a government that prefers to fiddle while the country Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece Our politics needs an election-year health check April 16, 2026 Pat Pilcher We're being shat on from a great height by a system that allows us to be treated like idiots in election year, reckons PAT Read More
Life·News The full story of the Hipkins allegations March 19, 2026 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER traces the way so-called revelations from a private Facebook page were seemingly designed to damage Labour's leader in election year. Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece How to use the COVID inquiry as a political weapon March 12, 2026 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER assesses the Government's response to Phase 2 of the COVID inquiry as a giant deflection of the real issues. Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece India trade deal: a missed opportunity for Aotearoa March 6, 2026 Pat Pilcher The proposed trade deal with India is a missed opportunity and a "bloody shambles" according to PAT PILCHER, who looks closely at the available Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece Government’s “move-on” plan is a disgrace February 25, 2026 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER argues that the NZ Government's plan to get rid of the homeless from city centres around the country deflects from the real Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece Solar is the answer to NZ’s energy woes. So why is hardly anyone using it? February 13, 2026 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER takes a good, hard look at why solar energy isn't getting the government and regulatory support it desperately requires in New Zealand. Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece A letter to aspiring political leaders in NZ February 4, 2026 Pat Pilcher Frustrated at the lack of a clear and focused vision on how to fix Aotearoa's woes this election year PAT PILCHER writes a letter Read More
Internet·Life·Security No more hand-wringing – Choose 2026 January 26, 2026 Anna Butterfield Speaking for myself and about a quarter of a billion others, 2025 was a bit shit. A calendar of emergencies not of our making. Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece Trump’s Greenland gambit: What it could mean for NZ January 21, 2026 Pat Pilcher If Trump goes full-tilt on Greenland, no country - not even "New Zild" - will be immune from the economic fallout, prophesies PAT PILCHER. Read More
Life·Thought Piece How to break NZ’s cultural and economic treadmill January 5, 2026 Pat Pilcher In the third and final part of his analysis of New Zealand's economic decline PAT PILCHER prescribes a cultural reset that could save our Read More
Life·News NZ’s economic rut and how to dig ourselves out December 18, 2025 Pat Pilcher New Zealand is in one heck of a mess because we keep on doing things the same old way. PAT PILCHER provides a clear-headed Read More
Life Even right-wing watchdogs don’t rate the coalition’s performance December 10, 2025 Pat Pilcher It's a worry when a conservative pressure group comes out swinging at a government they would traditionally support, writes PAT PILCHER. Read More
Food & Drink·Life NZ’s health prospects threatened October 29, 2025 Pat Pilcher The NZ Government's latest move to axe home economics from the curriculum is utter madness. PAT PILCHER explains why it's so dangerous. Read More
Internet·Life·News Rumours, conjecture and lies (and a week of fires) October 25, 2025 Gary Steel Have we really got to the point now where facts just get in the way of convenient lies and news really doesn’t matter, only Read More