November 2025’s police-misconduct news did not surprise me. It felt familiar, almost expected. Social media quickly pinned on whichever government last made the senior appointments. But policing in Aotearoa New Zealand has a longer story. And when top cops fail, the institution drifts slow, steady, and always downward. Decades of inquiries show this clearly. This … Continue reading Culture at the Top
Author: Gurtej Singh
The Slow Capture of Local Democracy
Lately, I have begun to see Wellington’s mayors through the city’s water pipes, which are nothing more than rusted veins that burst each summer, spilling not just water but the fatigue of a city that keeps repairing rather than renewing. The same pattern runs through its politics; promises patched over cracks, faith seeping away with … Continue reading The Slow Capture of Local Democracy
A Week Between Memory and Motion
Further to my previous blog - Thailand: Where Time Loiters Gracefully, my travels continued last month into Vietnam where I spent a week spent tracing the pulse of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and the slow, resilient breath of its surrounding landscapes. The memory of it still lingers, as vivid as the city’s traffic at … Continue reading A Week Between Memory and Motion
Faultline Report 