Te Reo Maori need not be translated
In spite of more than 200 years of European settlement of, and presence in, New Zealand can we still hear the faint echoes of the… Read More »Te Reo Maori need not be translated
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The War on Drugs only has losers.
Many past generations of parents have watched in helpless distress as their children changed from healthy, ambitious youngsters to unemployable zombies, visited them in jail or buried them as a result of illegal drug use. Too many young people today don’t even have parents who worry about them at all due to their own drug habits.
Freedom Campers not invited
The recent announcement from newly appointed Tourism Minister Stuart Nash that he will ban freedom camping in vehicles that are not self-contained has come like… Read More »Freedom Campers not invited
Referenda is Democracy
The bleating, bitter recriminations and speculation about why people voted in the two referenda, run in association with the recent general election, have thankfully finally died. In… Read More »Referenda is Democracy
Infrastructure for Tourism
With the last of the winter tourists hardly out of the country the first of the summer crowd is already on the way and we… Read More »Infrastructure for Tourism
Double Glazed World
Global Warming. What is fact and what is opinion? Are we really responsible for climate change?
A King’s endorsement fails
The Kingitanga is, by its very nature, a political organisation but should it dabble in politics or not? Earlier this year the current Maori King Tuheita made the surprising announcement to endorse specific political parties in the lead up to the NZ general election. Was it a desperate move or a mistake?
A New Zealand Constitution
Does New Zealand need a formal constitution of rights for it’s citizens? Some politicians suggest it would be a hinderance to government. Others say it would be impossible to include the rights of The Treaty of Waitangi (image courtesy of Archives New Zealand).
Homelessness cannot be excused
Opinion column by Tom O’Connor published by Waikato Times 05 Sept 2017
Lipstick, Pigs and Politics.
Opinion column by Tom O’Connor published by Waikato Times 29 August 2017