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Keith Rank Analysis – Munich Syndrome

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October 12, 2026

Keith Rankin writes; Geopolitics – whether 'kinetic' or not – should be conducted in its own time and place; and with a rational balancing of risks and consequences. Munich Syndrome – trying to correct for past weakness as a form of present penance – risks converting one overstated past mistake into a much bigger present mistake with existential consequences for the near future.

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Name release: fatal crash, Dairy Flat

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Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the names of the two women who died following a crash on Dairy Flat Highway on 5 October.  They were Sharron Caitcheon, 66, of Auckland and Frances Jerome Lyndon, 76, of Queensland, Australia.  Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.  Enquiries into…

Auckland gets another Crisis Recovery Café

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Source: New Zealand Government People in Auckland in need of mental health or addiction support will have another place to turn for faster access to support, with a new peer-led Crisis Recovery Café officially opening in Mt Eden, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says.  “Emergency departments aren’t always the best environment for someone experiencing mental…

Update: Fatal house fire, Wharekaho

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Source: New Zealand Police Police can confirm that the house fire in Wharekaho on Thursday 8 October is not being treated as suspicious. Following postmortem results, the death will be referred to the Coroner. The deceased is 65-year-old Benjamin Tanui Davis, who resided at the address. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this…

Fatal crash, Tatuanui

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Source: New Zealand Police One person has died following a crash in Tatuanui this morning. The single vehicle crash on State Highway 26 was reported just before 5am.  The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene. SH26 remains closed near the SH27 intersection while the Serious Crash Unit conduct a scene examination. Motorists…

First state school converts to a charter school

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Source: New Zealand Government Associate Education Minister David Seymour has today announced that Pakaraka School in Northland has become the first state school to convert to a charter school.

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