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An Assessment of Institutions of Higher Learning, in Conversation with Dr. James Kierstead

Dr. Kierstead is a research fellow at the New Zealand Initiative and a scholar. A classicist, he is well-placed to offer informed insights into the current state of higher educational institutions and New Zealand's in particular, from the perspective of a Humanities and Social Sciences academic.

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Elliot Ikilei and Cam Slater on the Treaty Principles Bill and the Impending Demise of Woke

Elliot Ikilei is a trustee at Hobson's Pledge whose submission this week to the Justice Select Committee was a significant in the public discourse around equality. Cam Slater is a commentator and publisher of the Goodoil News. His appraisal of the machinations inside the coalition government provides an

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Jill Ovens and Katrina Biggs: Women's Rights and Gender Ideology in 2025

Is the West finally ready to abandon wokery and return to rationalism? Jill Ovens is a longstanding and prominent figure of leftist politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Ovens Katrina Biggs is social commentator and prolific essayist: https://aboldwoman.substack.com/ Together Jill and Katrina join the polity.world

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Welcome to polity.world

This is my new project. Welcome. A while ago a publisher overseas asked me to develop a podcast to augment their written articles with audiovisual content. I was excited by the opportunity for a couple of reasons, first, because while I love the pandemonium of my SimonTV live shows and

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Contributor Guide

Introduction Welcome to the polity.world podcast, thank you for accepting our invitation to participate. You should have received the Show Notes including your login and links to the materials. The following is a description of the process and a guide to achieving a great performance. Connecting The podcast is

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Sir Lockwood Smith Discusses NZ Trade and Relations

Sir Lockwood joined my live broadcast on Sunday 8/xii 2024. Unfortunately I had the broadcast settings configured incorrectly which caused occasional audio and video glitches. To make matters worse, I forgot to switch my own microphone back on a couple of times like the dumbarse I am. To make

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On Nikki Kaye

The first time I met Nikki Kaye was sixteen years ago. A mutual friend introduced us in a restaurant. I'd never heard of her, she was just some chick with an incongruously deep voice who immediately started talking about public policy. In a restaurant. Late on a Friday

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A Diplomatic Mission to The People's Republic of Wokington

Wokington City is broken. Strict adherence to far-left social and economic policies broke it and the locals expect the rest of New Zealand to finance a fix for their follies.

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OpenBSD version 7.6 release, Heartbleed, and the nature of 'Free.'

I wrote the following essay ten years ago, as the events surrounding OpenBSD forking the OpenSSL codebase in response to Heartbleed unfolded. I’m re-publishing it today in acknowledgement of that effort and their release of version 7.6 OpenBSD is an operating system you've probably never heard

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Use a VPN, but don’t stop there

(Note: This article originally appeared in Liberty Itch. Technical mitigation solutions are described in a follow up article here -SRA.) The socialist government of Anthony Albanese is, once again, proposing legislation to de-anonymise, monitor and censor the Internet. From across the Tasman Sea in New Zealand I can smell the

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An Overview of Proxying to Circumvent Survelliance and Censorship

Introduction State surveillance and censorship is an increasing concern across the West and became topical again this week with the introduction of the Misinformation Act proposed by the Australian Labor government. The coordinated attack on free speech and civil liberties throughout the West by leftwing governments is the topic of

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NZ Thought Police in Action Again

NZ Police rousted the home of another citizen for hurty words on social media today. @theinfinitepooh isn't accused of a crime. Here's a recording of the friendly intimidation chat at Nelson station. In civilised societies police investigate crimes. In NZ they enforce Wokery.

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Corrupt NZ Police Switch Off Recording

Yesterday the corrupt NZ Police rousted a law-abiding citizen and his young family. Police wanted to avoid a record of their actions and managed to switch the victim's cellphone off twice. This is the recording of the female officer attacking the victim's phone.

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Armed NZ Police Roust Law-Abiding Citizen at Family Home

The corrupt NZ Police have made the unilateral determination that the man in this video made "inflammatory and antagonistic posts...have the potential of inciting or inspiring violence." None of his posts were illegal. Unannounced, armed police rousted the family home anyway.

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How to Build a Podcasting Studio: The Software and Services

On Linux using entirely free software

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Green Party Activist Eliana Rubashkyn Convicted!

The Labour and Green parties support political violence against their opponents. In convicting their activist Eliana Rubashkyn today for assaulting Posie Parker and Tania Sturt, the NZ courts repudiated leftwing hate. Ms. Sturt spoke with me after the sentence was imposed.

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Interview with Assault Victim Tania Sturt

18 months ago the Green party activist Eliana Rubashkyn assaulted @ThePosieParker and Tania Sturt in Albert Park. Judge Lummis adjourned his appeal for a Discharge Without Conviction until tomorrow. Ms. Sturt spoke with me at the conclusion of today's hearing.

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How to Build a Podcasting Studio: The Hardware

Homebrew solution for Linux that will work on other platforms

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A conversation with Dr. Don Brash of Hobson's Pledge

On defending New Zealand's democracy against vestigial media bias, leftwing extremism and ethno-nationalist separatism

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Reality Check Radio: Cam Slater interviews Simon Anderson

Delighted to receive an invitation from RCR to participate in the station’s reboot. On the evolving media landscape and the rise of independent new media. Simon Anderson is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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They No Longer Pretend to Care What We Think

I copped a fair amount of flak for publishing footage of two politicians sitting together outside a cafe. The essence of much of the criticism was that politicians are entitled to private lives – which of course they are – and that filming them in public was an unwarranted intrusion. Here I’

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A Dickhead with a Camera

The Establishment's Dissident

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The Rise of Citizen Journalism and Independent Media

Shortly after 4pm on the 27th of March, the X account @churPanic commenced a live broadcast on a mobile phone from the streets of Gisborne, New Zealand.  Against a backdrop of community outrage at taxpayer-funded Rainbow Storytime in the local library, a pedestrian crossing had been whitewashed. Residents of this

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An Interview with Graham Linehan

Graham Linehan is well positioned to offer an international perspective on New Zealand affairs. Among other topics @Glinner discusses the ramifications of @ThePosieParker's visit last year, and the social policy implications of the WPATH revelations. Mr. Linehan's recently released autobiography 'Tough Crowd' is an

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Part II:Programmable Money

How Central Bank Digital Currencies threaten civil liberties