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Our weekly read: The other side of the story.

 

Our ‘Weekly Reads’ look at important issues in depth from some of New Zealand’s best writers. You’ll get the other side of the story from what you’ve heard to make sense of what matters.

Thomas Cranmer The Common Room

Challenging Progressivism in New Zealand’s Culture Wars

Thomas Cranmer, Contributing Writer

The culture wars are often viewed as an exclusively American phenomenon, but the reality is that they are becoming increasingly prominent in countries around the world, including New Zealand.

Graham Adams The Common Room

How Cyclone Gabrielle mugged the Greens and Labour

Graham Adams, Contributing Writer

Enthusiasm for reducing climate-change emissions has dwindled with the storms. Influential commentators on both the left and right have declared that adaptation will be the only viable political strategy this election year.

Graham Adams The Common Room

Hipkins’ stealth revolution in education

Graham Adams, Contributing Writer

The PM’s tenure as Minister of Education has given NZ school students a racialised and unbalanced curriculum.

Thomas Cranmer The Common Room

Balancing Free Speech and Protecting Religious Beliefs: The Complexities of Hate Speech Laws

Thomas Cranmer, Contributing Writer

The government’s most recent failed attempt to enact hate speech laws shows just how difficult it is to strike the right balance between free speech and the protection of religious beliefs.

Graham Adams The Common Room

Has government money corrupted journalism?

Graham Adams, Contributing Writer

The debate over co-governance draws attention to the role of the $55m media fund in shutting down dissenting views. Journalist Graham Adams investigates.

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