Articles
Questions, digging and the occasional raised eyebrow.
Here you’ll find Granny’s longer pieces — looking past the headlines, checking the homework, and asking whether what we’re being told actually adds up.
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AI Went Rogue. Apparently. But What Actually Happened?
AI agents found one another, collaborated, crossed intended boundaries and hacked real computer systems. Did AI really “go rogue” — or are we being frightened by the wrong part of the story?
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Six Eggs, Two Ledgers — Who Got Breakfast?
National promised disciplined spending, lower taxes and less debt. Kieran McAnulty says the arithmetic doesn’t add up. Granny gets out six eggs, two ledgers and a calculator — and asks who has really been carrying the burden.
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New Zealand Is Broken. Or Is It?
Debt, money printing, immigration, government spending — the numbers can be real without the story wrapped around them being quite what it seems. Granny did the homework.
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But People Aren’t Branches
Cutting waste sounds responsible. But what happens when the people bearing the cuts have nothing left to trim? Granny asks whether we are balancing the books—or starving what helps New Zealand flourish?
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If you want to run the country… shouldn’t you front up?
TVNZ has announced a leaders’ debate between Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins for 6 October. They also invited both leaders to a second debate on 5 November — just two days before the election. Luxon declined the second invitation. Now, this isn’t really about whether I like Luxon, Hipkins, or anybody else. If you’re asking…
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Public Money, Private Healthcare
A meme claimed public money was being poured into private healthcare. The numbers didn’t quite stack up — but the question behind it did. What are taxpayers actually buying when public healthcare is outsourced?