Information Opinion The announcement from the government that employers do not have to rehire unvaccinated workers came as a shock. Employers should tread very carefully in this area, as it appears, to me at least, to fly in the face of employment law as it is applied today. The new
Forgive me. I am no historian, certainly not an expert on New Zealand history. But having grown up and been educated in the UK and studied European history during my secondary school days, I do have a reasonable understanding of the deeds and actions of kings and queens throughout the
It is no surprise that the National Party is proposing to introduce tax cuts, should it win the next election. They usually do. But what is surprising is that many commenters on the left side of the political divide oppose tax cuts. They immediately do a quick calculation of how
In itself, the pandemic did not cause inflation, but the corresponding supply chain problems certainly contributed. Remember the Ever Given, the ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal for 6 days, wedged across the waterway like a giant log one year ago? This is generally seen as the start
If there was an industry that we needed not to suffer as a result of the pandemic, that would be the construction industry. After the Kiwibuild debacle, rising house prices and extremely high demand, the government should have tried to protect those that are trying to tackle these issues. A
The Telegraph UK writes gleefully about the prospect of overseas holidays this year for British tourists. There are a number of articles, ranging from places not to go, to reviews of never-heard-of Greek islands, but the most interesting one for me is entitled: “The 10 Greatest Holidays of All Time,
We recently travelled from the West Coast (Westport) to Christchurch for a friend’s wedding. It is a few years since I had been to Christchurch, and the bride and groom had a lot of guests coming from out-of-town, so they approached a local hotel and provisionally reserved about 12
These are the core values of the National Party, taken from their current website: We believe this will be achieved by building a society based on the following values: * Loyalty to our country, its democratic principles and our Sovereign as Head of State * Recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi as
It has taken me until now to actually co-ordinate my thoughts about the riots at parliament on Wednesday. You see, I know a number of people who attended the protests; they were mostly locals, so they didn’t stay overnight, so I do not know if any of them were
On Friday, 25 February, in the High Court, Cooke J ruled that the vaccine mandates against the police and defence forces were illegal. This is a landmark ruling that proves something that we already knew: that vaccine mandates breach the Bill of Rights, which says that no New Zealander can
Information Opinion Taking a drive into town on Sunday morning, I heard someone on the radio campaigning for animal rights. This was not just the right to painless euthanasia, or a life free from cruelty, but actual rights. It caused me to imagine a dog in a pearl necklace going
Suddenly, the most loved prime minister of all time, the one who was gifted an absolute majority at the last election, can find nowhere to go without protesters. This process started last year, after she put the entire country into Level 4 lockdown for a single case, but has accelerated
Remember when the Freedom Convoy first arrived in Wellington and the protesters took up residence in the grounds of parliament? There was universal condemnation. Politicians refused to talk to them, the public claimed they were being abused by them and the media roundly insulted and berated them. While New Zealand
The Honourable Michael Wood: “The words I say now I say with some precision and I say really carefully because I think we need to take great care with this,” he told the House. “Out the front of this place, there are people who I think we all feel for.
Information Opinion Some of you will have heard about a protester at the Wellington anti-mandates campaign having his bank accounts frozen by Kiwibank without explanation. Here is the tweet that I saw Friday. We all know that the tyrant Justin Trudeau is doing this to the Canadian truckers, but you
It is interesting to observe the behaviour of three of the youngest and most heralded leaders in the world. These three were exalted when they first came to power but they are roundly hated by the voters of their respective countries now. All were elected at about the same time,
