The Daily Blog

There is growing pressure to erode our right not to be punished or detained for crimes we haven’t yet committed.

It’s been a long time coming. Electrifying Auckland suburban rail has been talked about ever since Christchurch (1929-1970) and Wellington (1939 to the present) electrified their suburban rail.

The drone killing of an (unnamed) New Zealander in Yemen should prompt us to look at the ethics of this practice.

In 1996 and 2002 the people’s perception of how well the two main left-of-centre parties could work together was a big factor in their subsequent electoral fortunes.

We have to defend Kim Dotcom against efforts to associate him with Nazism simply because he possesses a copy of Mein Kampf.

Technological advances may mean the Waihopai spy station is becoming an ever greater threat to people’s privacy.

John Key has stolen a march on the Left by pushing for new New Zealand flag, and planning a referendum process to choose the best design.

President Obama would have more authority to challenge President Putin over the Ukraine if the US was not involved in similar landgrabs for military and strategic purposes.

The government is attempting to address cyberbullying in the Harmful Digital Communications Bill, but this action is compromised by the Government Communications Security Bureau’s complicity in the most nasty forms of cyberbullying.