The Battle is over. The War is won. We surrendered.

New Zealand is grumbling. It is grumbling about a health crisis, a cost of living crisis - the cost of fuel, food, shelter have all risen beyond what kiwis can muster from their meagre pay packets. And New Zealand is grumbling about it.

Mark Avis: The Police Become Political

It seems that everywhere you look, there is a creeping trend for the police to become more and more political. And this accompanies increasing authoritarianism. New Zealand is no exception. Read More: The Police Become Political Published: August 27, 2021. Author: Mark Avi…

Part 1: Is the Battle of Portaloo the beginning of a new NZ, or the death of hope?

The shocking scenes depicted on mobile and computer screens around New Zealand on Black Wednesday, streaming from the vicinity of Parliament House on the 2nd of March 2022, have been hailed as a great victory by the Left. But was it really? I'm not so sure.

Part 2: The war rages on. Learn the rules of engagement

The Battle of Portaloo, a 23 day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Wellington, was fought valiantly but ultimately lost on 2 March in a horrific display of gratuitous Police violence so great that the date has been dubbed Black Wednesday. It was sheer luck that despite th…