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Last week, New Zealand’s Parliament ceased using X. The Clerk of the House, David Wilson, unilaterally decided the institution would no longer have a presence on the platform formerly known as Twitter. His stated reason was that he “could no longer support” X because of its AI chatbot Grok and reports about deepfake imagery. “It didn’t feel right for my organisation to use a platform that allowed that to happen,” he told Stuff. This came…

Recent economic analysis from Kiwibank and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) shows that although the recovery is still in its early stages, the fundamentals are improving — and there are solid reasons to be optimistic. · 1. The Recovery Is Underway — With Supportive Settings · The RBNZ has held the official cash rate (OCR) at 2.25%, maintaining easy monetary conditions to help the economy build momentum. This reflects confidence that…

As the world gets deeper in dramatic structural changes, the one universal tool – the internet – has become a new kind of trench warfare · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/matthieu-buge/ By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian…

Bratislava has said it took the reciprocal measure against Kiev over the disruption of Russian oil supplies · FILE PHOTO. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. ©  Getty Images / Anadolu / Robert Nemeti · [RT] Bratislava has stopped providing emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine until Kiev restores the flow of Russian oil to Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said, warning of “further…

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has called the operation a major victory for the whole world · Mexican National Guard members in Mexico City, February 22, 2026. ©  NurPhoto / Getty Images · [RT] US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has praised Mexico’s security forces for eliminating one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, calling it a major victory for the region and the world. · Nemesio Oseguera…

Budapest has also blocked the EU’s 20th package of sanctions on Russia amid an oil supply row with Kiev · BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 23: Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks to media in Brussels, Belgium on February 23, 2026. ©  Getty Images / Thierry Monasse · [RT] Hungary has blocked the EU’s proposed €90 billion ($106 billion) emergency loan for Ukraine, as well as the latest package of sanctions on Russia,…

Dr. John Campbell · Breaking Research Decodes the Mystery of “The Rubbery White Clots” · https://nzdsos.com/2026/02/04/breakin... · First time, comprehensively characterised the anomalous intravascular casts (AICs), · commonly reported by embalmers worldwide as strange, rubbery white clots. · Research, significantly funded by New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS), · provides definitive analysis that these structures are a…

There is a difference between eyesight and vision. · Eyesight sees what is directly in front of it. Vision sees what lies beyond the horizon. · Chris Hipkins’ latest State of the Nation speech demonstrated clear eyesight. It catalogued rising grocery prices, soaring power bills, stagnating productivity, brain drain, housing speculation, and fragile business confidence. · But it did not demonstrate vision. · And in 2026, eyesight is not enough.…

Fail at what you may ask? · The answer is – Fail to follow up on your promises from the last election! · Prior to the last election in 2023, Sir John Key spoke about the coalition government and the National Party’s chances in the polls. · He also spoke about tensions around issues such as Act’s Treaty Principles Bill, the removal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act and National’s move to overrule a court decision on the Marine and…

Chris Hipkins delivered his State of the Nation speech this afternoon in Auckland, and the verdict is clear enough: there wasn’t much in it. No new policy. No surprises. No real detail on how Labour would govern differently. It was, by design, a low-key affair. The question now is whether voters see this as strategic discipline or something less flattering. The speech, delivered to the Auckland Business Chamber and hosted by former National…