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Brian Tamaki exposed ACT's free speech problem

Most people know how I voted at the last election.

13 hrs ago • Matua Kahurangi

NZ Media: Celebrating brown success, airbrushing brown atrocities

In the nightmare which unfolded in a quiet Swedish village, a father allegedly pumped bullets into his two young daughters before blowing his own brains…

Jun 23 • Matua Kahurangi

Maiki Sherman resigns: when did words become career-ending?

Now, let me start by saying this.

May 8 • Matua Kahurangi

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ACT wants tougher immigration rules. So why did they back the India FTA?

Most of my readers will know I’ve been a pretty big fan of the ACT Party in the past.

May 4 • Matua Kahurangi

Samuel Hudson of thisquality: Why haven’t police prosecuted the alleged public masturbator?

Allegations last year raised serious questions about the priorities of the New Zealand Police, it seems they are more focused on policing online speech…

May 2 • Matua Kahurangi

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The curtain falls on the cult of Jacinda Ardern

Jun 7, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Hey Australia, you can have Jacinda, we don’t want her

Feb 28 • Matua Kahurangi

Michael Baker crawls out of his hole to peddle more covid bullshit

May 31, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Hipkins’ dirty laundry: the family story he hoped would never come out

Mar 16 • Matua Kahurangi

Politics

Brian Tamaki exposed ACT's free speech problem

Most people know how I voted at the last election.

13 hrs ago • Matua Kahurangi

Chris Hipkins: "I don't recall" is starting to sound like the new "just following orders"

There are topics I’ve deliberately avoided, not because they don’t matter, but because they ignite a kind of blind, tribal fury that makes rational…

Mar 30 • Matua Kahurangi

Chris Hipkins caught lying again as past comments resurface

Chris Hipkins is once again facing questions over his credibility, after claiming this week that he never advised New Zealanders to get vaccinated.

Mar 27 • Matua Kahurangi

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National slips, NZ First rises: voters are sending a message

The latest polling is grim for Christopher Luxon and the New Zealand National Party.

Mar 22 • Matua Kahurangi

Maybe Hipkins avoids talking about family because he doesn't have one anymore?

There is a glaring contradiction at the heart of Chris Hipkins’ public persona, and it is becoming harder to ignore.

Mar 18 • Matua Kahurangi

Recent posts

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New Zealand’s borders

Guarded by imports, not Kiwis

Apr 30 • Matua Kahurangi

Auckland's butter chicken tsunami

Returning home to a city I barely recognise

Apr 29 • Matua Kahurangi

Infinite Indians: An open deal with no plan

It’s good to be back after a month break.

Apr 28 • Matua Kahurangi

Chris Hipkins: "I don't recall" is starting to sound like the new "just following orders"

There are topics I’ve deliberately avoided, not because they don’t matter, but because they ignite a kind of blind, tribal fury that makes rational…

Mar 30 • Matua Kahurangi

0:46

Chris Hipkins caught lying again as past comments resurface

Chris Hipkins is once again facing questions over his credibility, after claiming this week that he never advised New Zealanders to get vaccinated.

Mar 27 • Matua Kahurangi

Courts of New Zealand bolt from X to Bluesky’s pedo-friendly echo chamber

The official Courts of New Zealand account just nuked its presence on X with this whimper of a farewell tweet:

Mar 24 • Matua Kahurangi

Christchurch copper thief wins Darwin Award

There are bad ideas, and then there are catastrophically stupid ones.

Mar 23 • Matua Kahurangi

TikTok: New Zealand’s left-wing cesspit

I finally did it.

Mar 23 • Matua Kahurangi

National slips, NZ First rises: voters are sending a message

The latest polling is grim for Christopher Luxon and the New Zealand National Party.

Mar 22 • Matua Kahurangi

Top posts

The curtain falls on the cult of Jacinda Ardern

Jun 7, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Hey Australia, you can have Jacinda, we don’t want her

Feb 28 • Matua Kahurangi

Michael Baker crawls out of his hole to peddle more covid bullshit

May 31, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Hipkins’ dirty laundry: the family story he hoped would never come out

Mar 16 • Matua Kahurangi

Ngāi Tahu’s gold-plated grift

Nov 8, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

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Free Speech, privacy and intimidation

You may remember that a few months ago I wrote about one of my subscribers, a long-serving nurse who found herself facing professional consequences…

Feb 14 • Matua Kahurangi

Another trans-Identified school shooter goes berserk in Canada, killing 10

In a chilling reminder of the escalating crisis at the intersection of gender ideology and untreated mental health issues, Canada has been rocked by yet…

Feb 13 • Matua Kahurangi

Bluesky and the revolting push to normalise paedophilia

I don’t care how many syllables you add or how clinical you try to sound.

Jan 21 • Matua Kahurangi

Seven tribes, one furniture store – The absurd racism of NZ’s consent regime

ACT MP Simon Court recently posted IKEA’s 2023 Resource Consent Requirements, and the document is a masterclass in how far New Zealand has drifted into…

Dec 8, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Media

NZ Media: Celebrating brown success, airbrushing brown atrocities

In the nightmare which unfolded in a quiet Swedish village, a father allegedly pumped bullets into his two young daughters before blowing his own brains…

Jun 23 • Matua Kahurangi

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Paddy Gower: Please shut the whūk up.

Watch now | Paddy Gower says he “crossed a journalistic line”.

Mar 6 • Matua Kahurangi

NZ Media Is whākd' if school lunches are their top story

You know what really whūks me off?

Dec 3, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Behind the Dairy Flat “climate hero” is a scripted performance

This was a throwaway piece I wrote last week, but never got around to publishing.

Nov 25, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Māori

NZ Media: Celebrating brown success, airbrushing brown atrocities

In the nightmare which unfolded in a quiet Swedish village, a father allegedly pumped bullets into his two young daughters before blowing his own brains…

Jun 23 • Matua Kahurangi

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Margaret Mutu: The Scottish professor cosplaying as Māori royalty

The latest Q+A appearance by University of Auckland’s Professor Margaret Mutu reposted by @NewZealandBoss over on X, was less an interview than a public…

Feb 25 • Matua Kahurangi

Credit where it’s due: Ngāti Manuhiri helped stop the rockpool plunder

I don’t hand out praise to iwi very often.

Feb 23 • Matua Kahurangi

End the Māori seats debate properly with a binding vote

New Zealand First has done something most parties are too timid to do.

Feb 17 • Matua Kahurangi

Drugs

Don't blame the crane for a meth-addled death dive

Only in New Zealand could we seriously consider removing a historic crane from the Wellington waterfront because one meth addled man made the idiotic…

Jun 15, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Taxpayer-Funded meth dens

Kāinga Ora lets junkies trash homes for free

Jun 12, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

A dead child, a methed-out driver, and $10,000 in Givealittle money

Yesterday, I wrote about how Givealittle has devolved into what might as well be called Griftalittle, a platform where accountability takes a back seat…

Jun 10, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Meth, markets and mistakes

The dark net fallout of NZ's pseudoephedrine ban

Jun 5, 2025

Bussygate

Green MP Benjamin ‘Bussy’ Doyle resigns months after social media posts exposed

Green MP Benjamin “Bussy” Doyle has finally resigned, but only after months of mounting outrage over his shocking and inappropriate social media…

Sep 5, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Private profiles, public paychecks

The mystery of MP Benjamin Doyle's locked accounts

Apr 29, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Opinion: Why Is Ben "Bussy" Doyle still allowed anywhere near the sex ed conversation?

This week, Green MP Benjamin "Bussy" Doyle resurfaced on his locked-down Instagram, posting a video urging his "rainbow gang" to respond to the…

Apr 28, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

This isn’t a far-right smear campaign

Plenty on the left are sickened by Benjamin “Bussy” Doyle, too

Apr 14, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Crime

Samuel Hudson of thisquality: Why haven’t police prosecuted the alleged public masturbator?

Allegations last year raised serious questions about the priorities of the New Zealand Police, it seems they are more focused on policing online speech…

May 2 • Matua Kahurangi

Christchurch copper thief wins Darwin Award

There are bad ideas, and then there are catastrophically stupid ones.

Mar 23 • Matua Kahurangi

Auckland paedophile Thomas Fisher jailed for 18 years

Just a quick one for Sunday.

Jan 31 • Matua Kahurangi

No wonder Te Pāti Māori wants to abolish prisons when Māori make up most of the inmates

Te Pāti Māori says it wants to abolish prisons by 2040.

Jan 28 • Matua Kahurangi

Technology

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Parliament’s excuse for quitting X doesn’t survive a simple Grok test

NZ Parliament’s X account, with around 35.2k followers, has decided to stop posting on the platform.

Feb 20 • Matua Kahurangi

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Bikinis, Grok and the great excuse to censor X

Let’s be honest about what’s actually going on here, because the sudden moral panic from Britain, Australia and Canada reeks of bullshit.

Jan 11 • Matua Kahurangi

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Free speech under fire

Former judge David Harvey forecasts fresh online regulation push

Nov 13, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

Kim Dotcom claims Luxon rejected peace offer, teases Covid exposé and new party

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has returned to X following his serious stroke late last year and claims that Prime Minister Chris Luxon has rejected a…

Nov 10, 2025 • Matua Kahurangi

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