THE DAY I BECAME A FULLY-FLEDGED RACIST NAZI

I didn't find out I was a racist Nazi from a history documentary. I found out from Sean on Facebook.

It all started because I said I thought the government should actually live within its means. That's it. That was my radical right-wing manifesto.

Sean, who I went to school with and who now has a Palestinian flag, a rainbow flag and "Be Kind" somewhere in his bio, immediately replied, "Typical right-wing Nazi." I stared at my phone. I was having a coffee. I've been called many things over the years, but apparently Nazi is now on the list.

Then I made it worse. I said I wasn't sure men should be competing against women in women's sport. Within 30 seconds, three people I'd never met called me a Nazi, a fascist, and a bigot.

By lunchtime I'd accidentally become a Nazi for believing borders should exist, kids shouldn't have unrestricted access to TikTok at eight years old, the government shouldn't keep spending money it doesn't have and I don't think someone's race should determine what rights they get in New Zealand.

Apparently that last one was particularly dangerous.

Say you think every New Zealander should be treated equally under the law and suddenly you're not just a Nazi, you're a racist, colonialist, extremist and apparently personally responsible for everything that happened in New Zealand 150 years ago.

You can question race-based policies, ask whether dividing people by ancestry is actually a good idea, or simply say "why can't we have one set of rules for everyone?" and watch the Facebook experts arrive.

I went down to the local shops wondering if someone was going to recognise my jackboots. Turns out they were just my old work boots. Bit disappointing really.

Outside the supermarket, Karen from the local activist group was collecting signatures for a petition calling on the government to boycott Israeli products and companies. She asked if I'd sign it. I said, "No." She looked genuinely shocked. "Why not?" "Because I don't think the government needs to get involved in every international conflict on the planet."

She stared at me. "So you support Israel?" "No. I said I'm not signing your petition." "So you don't support Palestine?" "I support people not being murdered. I just don't think signing your bloody petition outside Countdown is going to solve the Middle East."

She went quiet for a second. "You're one of those people, aren't you?" "What people?" "Far-right." "Because I wouldn't sign a petition?" "You're probably a racist."

And there it was. I'd somehow gone from buying milk to being a racist Nazi sympathiser because I wouldn't sign Karen's petition about a war happening thousands of kilometres away.

I looked down at my old work boots. Yep. Definitely jackboots.

I tried to explain that last time I checked, Nazis were into dictatorship, invading countries and mass murder, not people asking why the government can't balance the books, whether race should determine how New Zealanders are treated, or whether some of the things being argued about online actually make sense.

But that's the trick, isn't it? When everyone is a Nazi, no one is a Nazi. And when everyone who questions something is a racist, eventually the words just become insults rather than descriptions.

Now hear this. My generation grew up knowing what the real Nazis actually were. They weren't people who wanted lower taxes and controlled immigration. They weren't people questioning government spending. They weren't people asking where the money was coming from.

🎯They certainly weren't people arguing that everyone should be treated equally regardless of race.

They were actual, honest-to-God murderous bastards responsible for some of the worst crimes in human history.

Now the word apparently just means "bloke on Facebook who disagrees with me."

Paul thinks asking questions is fascism. Karen thinks refusing to sign her petition makes me racist. And if you keep asking awkward questions, apparently you've unlocked Super Nazi Level 2.

The funny thing is, it doesn't intimidate you after the first ten times. The first time you get called a Nazi you think, "Fuck, what did I actually say?" The 50th time you think, "Oh, is it Tuesday already?"

They think it's a nuke. It's not. It's a water pistol. They've used it so much there's nothing left in it.

You want to know how you know the words are losing their meaning? Because they call an ordinary Kiwi who disagrees with them on Facebook the same things they call the worst people in human history.

And all it does is make me laugh and put the kettle on.

So if you're one of the Facebook bully squad reading this, go on. Call me a Nazi. Call me a racist. I've got a badge for it now. I'm having it made.

It'll say "OFFICIAL NZ NAZI & RACIST - ASKS QUESTIONS."

And I'll wear the bloody thing.

Because apparently these days, having an opinion, asking a question and believing race shouldn't determine your rights is enough to qualify.

Chur.

Tenants in Social Housing will have $100 per week extracted from their already taxpayer subsidised rent which is then deposited into a trust account and credited towards a house deposit.

You and I are paying for that.

RNZ is the single source of truth.

Have a whinge about your day, a spaz about the prick that cut you off, a shoutout to the legend whom brought you a coffee, advice about your check engine light, gardening tips, or any mischievous thoughts or gossip.

Don't be shy 😉

An Open Letter to the University of Sydney

From Alia Bland
27 October 2026

Regarding the appointment of Jacinda Ardern as Professor of Practice

Dear Professor Scott,

I read with absolute disgust that the University of Sydney has appointed Jacinda Ardern as Professor of Practice, where she will apparently be sharing her wisdom on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust.

You cannot be serious.

You are quoted as saying:

"Dame Jacinda led New Zealand through events of profound consequence and her leadership demonstrated that empathy and resolve do not compete with one another; each can strengthen the other."

Appointing Jacinda Ardern to teach social cohesion is rather like appointing Jeffrey Dahmer to teach a course on wellbeing, or Jimmy Savile to run the local daycare centre. The sheer absurdity would almost be funny if the consequences of her leadership weren't so hideously tragic.

My name is Alia Bland. I am a co-founder of Voices for Freedom, an organisation established in New Zealand in 2020. For years, we stood alongside tens of thousands of ordinary Kiwis whose lives were torn apart by the policies of Ardern's government.

While the international media fawned over her kindness and compassion, we were dealing with the wreckage.

At the height of the COVID response, we were receiving upwards of 1,000 emails a day. Desperate people reaching out because they had lost their jobs, their incomes, their homes and, in many cases, their will to live.

People nearing retirement were forced to sell family homes they had spent decades paying off. Some are still living in caravans five years later.

Marriages collapsed. Families fractured. Lifelong friendships were destroyed. People who had served their communities for decades were suddenly treated like lepers because they declined a medical procedure.

Some of the people who came to us had spent their entire lives believing New Zealand was a decent, fair-minded country. Watching that belief crumble, and seeing what it did to them, was heartbreaking.

I cannot adequately describe the anguish in those emails. The desperation of parents wondering how they would feed and house their families. The humiliation of hardworking people being marched out of professions they loved. The despair of people who had done everything society asked of them, only to discover that their own government considered them disposable.

And presiding over it all was Jacinda Ardern, smiling for the cameras and telling the world how kind New Zealand was.

Kind? For whom?

Her government deliberately created a two-class society. Ardern herself acknowledged it publicly. New Zealanders were excluded from workplaces, businesses, events and ordinary social life. People were coerced into accepting a medical intervention under threat of losing their livelihoods.

And those who suffered adverse reactions to the COVID vaccines faced another nightmare. We fought for vaccine-injured New Zealanders whose lives had been devastated by serious physical harm, while many struggled to have their injuries acknowledged or receive adequate support.

The government's public assurances about vaccine safety deserve particular scrutiny. Officials knew about the myocarditis risk, including among young people. We have examined the records. Yet people raising legitimate questions about those risks were routinely dismissed and vilified.

The damage went far beyond lost incomes and broken relationships. An enormous number of New Zealanders lost faith in the very institutions they had trusted their entire lives. Government, health authorities, education, police and the media. That trust has not magically returned because Ardern has moved on to more prestigious surroundings.

While her government was busy marginalising people, we were building a nationwide support network to help them survive.

Voices for Freedom grew to more than 100,000 people on our mailing list, many representing entire families. More than 45,000 people signed up to our local groups across the country, which are still operational today in 2026. We established industry groups to help people fight for their careers, provided support through employment disputes and legal challenges, organised practical assistance and hand-delivered millions of flyers to households throughout New Zealand.

We did this while facing censorship, public vilification and government surveillance. Official records obtained since have confirmed that our activities and communications were being monitored and reported on.

Our volunteers gave everything they could to help people who had been abandoned by the institutions meant to protect them.

And now the University of Sydney wants to hold up the woman responsible for overseeing this period as a shining example of empathy and social cohesion?

It is sickening.

Professor Scott, did anyone at your university bother to speak with the people whose lives were destroyed under Ardern's leadership before celebrating her appointment?

Have you spoken to the former nurses, teachers and police officers who lost their careers? The families who lost their homes? The people still suffering from vaccine injuries? The parents whose children no longer speak to them?

Or did you simply swallow the carefully cultivated international image of Saint Jacinda, the compassionate leader who saved New Zealand?

I wonder whether you have considered why this internationally celebrated former prime minister now lives in Australia rather than the country she once led. The depth of hostility towards her among many New Zealanders should give you pause.

Because I can assure you, there is another side to that story. And there are hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who live with the consequences.

I have no objection to universities studying Ardern's leadership. In fact, I would encourage it. There is an enormous amount to learn from what happened in New Zealand between 2021 and 2023. Like, what not to do...

But presenting her as someone uniquely qualified to teach empathy, social cohesion and civic trust, without acknowledging the extraordinary human suffering that occurred under her leadership, is an insult to the people who paid the price.

We were there, Professor Scott. We saw what happened. We picked up the pieces. We are still picking them up.

Some of those people will never recover what they lost.

And the woman who presided over it all gets a professorship in empathy.

What an absolute disgrace.

Yours sincerely,

Alia Bland
Co-founder, Voices for Freedom
New Zealand

Here we go again from msm trying to get Topertunity into parliament.

Source from New Zealand Media World https://x.com/1nzmw/status/2114507465513669085

Labour will make it easier for more working Kiwis to buy their first home, with a new pathway from renting to owning and an expanded First Home Loan scheme that keeps deposits at just five percent.
 
“People are working hard and doing their best to save, but with rent, groceries, power and other bills taking up so much of the household budget, getting together a house deposit can feel impossible,” Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said.
 
“The problem isn’t always being able to afford a mortgage. It’s having money for a deposit while paying rent. Labour will give more people a fair shot at owning a home of their own.”
 
Labour will:

Introduce rent-to-buy for eligible Kāinga Ora and participating community housing tenants who are working and ready to move towards home ownership.

Protect people’s savings. Rent-to-buy deposit credits will be held safely in a trust account.

Expand First Home Loans by lifting the income eligibility cap to $300,000, keeping the deposit requirement at five percent and bringing more banks into the scheme.

Allow the schemes to work together, so eligible rent-to-buy tenants can use a First Home Loan to purchase their home with a five percent deposit.
“For a $700,000 home, a five percent deposit is $35,000, compared with $140,000 for a 20 percent deposit. That’s a huge difference for people trying to get their foot on the property ladder,” Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said.
 
“We won’t reduce the number of public homes as people rent-to-buy. For every public home sold through rent-to-buy, Kāinga Ora will build three more, with the proceeds reinvested in new public housing.
 
“Making it easier to buy a first home is part of a bigger plan to get more homes built, get our construction sector moving again and make sure working New Zealanders have a fair chance to own a place of their own.
 
“People who work hard deserve a pathway into home ownership. Labour will give more Kiwis a way to get there,” Kieran McAnulty said.