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
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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
Speed Cameras Miss the Real Danger: Behaviour
The news of New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) deploying mobile trailer cameras to hunt for speeders is bound to draw attention. They will catch the black-and-white of numbers, the digits on the dial, but one wonders whether justice is being done to the more complex contours of road danger. To be fair, speed … Continue reading Speed Cameras Miss the Real Danger: Behaviour
Faultline Report 