Most candidate debates are formal affairs with the audience hearing candidates’ pitches on why they should vote for them. This is usually moderated by a journalist who challenges each candidate with questions about issues and policy. Some debates can be entertaining due to the personalities involved in the debate: the
As we have seen in the last few weeks there have been a number of projects being tried to get the freedom voice into parliament. One is to go it alone as an individual brand and the other is to unite as one voice. I have mentioned the benefits of
Growing up I was often fascinated by the role of whistleblowers and journalists holding institutions to account. What was fascinating was the idea of protection for those who leak private information. This focus on the privacy of the individual rather than the privacy of the information they are releasing to
With the 2023 elections starting to gear up, you may have noticed a shift in the political sphere. We appear to be increasingly moving away from the left/right culture wars toward an uprising against the political establishment. This has provided the freedom movement with choices of different political parties.
Information Opinion Back in 2019, I was fortunate enough to follow some of the local body elections. As an undergrad at university naturally I was intrigued by the ‘youthquake’ candidates including Tamatha Paul and Teri O’Neill. These young candidates were passionate about making the ‘youth voice heard’ and for
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to watch the attack mockumentary ‘Fire and Fury’ released by Stuff. It was bad enough in the way they portrayed the individuals in it without then finding out that it had been funded by the taxpayers. Their deliberate omission of the
Brian Tamaki’s ‘People’s Court’ attracted a lot of attention, both positive and negative. The media’s response was either blissful ignorance or to downplay the amount of support for it. The police responded by putting bollards up around the gates (which they locked) and barriers around the Parliament
Brian Tamaki is a controversial figure in New Zealand, both in religion and in politics. The founder of Destiny Church has long been a hallmark of Christian and conservative politics. People may remember that he invented the slogan ‘Enough is Enough’, which was used as a call for the protests
Protesting has always been an activity. The dictionary defines it as ‘to express a strong objection to’. However, as our post-modern academic class would explain there are many ways to express something and especially to express opposition to something. There are many ways to protest; some peaceful and some
For the last few weeks, Matt King has been travelling around the country holding public meetings as part of the Democracy New Zealand roadshow. This tour of public meetings is the chance for Matt King to advertise his party and explain its platform. Matt King was the MP for Northland,
Terrorism- The use of violence or threats of violence to intimidate a target into performing a desired action or to deter a target from ceasing an undesired action for religious and political reasons. Information Opinion Terrorism has a clear definition. Of course, in the world of social media, this has
I don’t usually get into moral debates like abortion. My focus has always been on culture and foreign interference. I admit I am pro-life because I came out of a culture that practised sex-selective abortions and were willing to kill kids if they were in the ‘wrong
Information Opinion It is bad enough that the environmentalists talk non stop about the climate crisis without having them introduce policies to essentially destroy the rural sector. But that is what seems to be happening. And this time they’ve gone too far. The rural sector can tolerate the rhetoric
The increased political divide in America that has escalated with the overturning of Roe vs Wade and with the gun control debate has had people asking: could America descend into another civil war? There do appear to be some signs to indicate this as a possibility. A number of scenarios
It’s been interesting watching the French elections in the last few months. The media celebrated when Emmanuel Macron won but failed to mention that the gap between him and Marine Le Pen had shortened and then panicked when Le Pen’s National Rally made huge gains in the National
Information Opinion The recent governorship races in the States show the divide happening in American politics. For the first time, we could be seeing a break in the two-party culture that we have been used to for a long time. American voters are no longer voting Republican or Democrat
