New Zealand has a new coalition Government. Clearly, they will bring back some sanity and common sense to a shattered country. Even so, 2024 is predicted to be a ferociously tough year and the backlash is likely to be ultra-strong from those who lost the election. For now it’s
Last year, encouraged to speak out by the 2023 NZDSOS conference, we sent a unique type of Christmas letter far and wide to family and friends. It included the customary season’s greetings and messages but also incorporated a carefully written raw perspective on an unvaccinated couple handling the aftermath
This week the Tauranga Sump met for the final daytime get-together for 2023. At the height of Jacinda Ardern’s reign, John Key called New Zealand a hermit kingdom. Not satisfied with a reclusive isolated country, the Prime Minister worked her powers and incredibly went much further. Kiwis were ordered
In 2009 the John Key National-led Government stripped away Crown ownership of the coastline to make it easier for Maori to make claims. The tribal ownership of New Zealand by 2040, indicated in the He Puapua document, was a concerning issue leading into the election. The economy, education, crime, health,
Bridges’ post on social media garnered 18,000 reactions online: 3,000 likes, and almost 15,000 reacting with either laughter or anger emoticons as of the morning of 22 April 2020. They weren’t just Labour supporters. Surprisingly, some indicated they were National Party supporters and praised Prime Minister
At a pre-election debate the PM in waiting was asked, should people with legitimate vaccine injuries get compensation? Christopher Luxon emphatically answered, No. He made his party’s view very clear. Vaccine-injured New Zealanders would not be supported financially. In January 2021, Grant Robertson, as Labour’s Finance Minister, granted
Countries around the world simultaneously experienced a cataclysmic shock. Borders were suddenly closed, air traffic stopped, and people were isolated in their homes. The launch of an experimental mRNA injection for a worldwide health emergency was presented early in 2021 as the only way to get out of this frightening
Kiwis have always appreciated our Queen’s Chain. We could not see it. We didn’t talk about it but, like how a doctor/patient relationship used to be, there was trust. It was always there. 66 feet or 20 meters was set aside, and the length was generally accepted.
Many politicians and Kiwis are ignoring the event, not daring to reflect on what just happened. Everything is back to normal. Working, taking holidays, parenting children, living their lives. There’s nothing to see here. Nothing to ponder on. New Zealanders succumbed easily to the longest and harshest of lockdowns
Call it what you will. A Medical Council disciplinary trial, a kangaroo court or a show trial… A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. The actual trial has as its only goal the presentation of both the
Duncan Greive, on 14 June 2023, attended a political meeting with Grey Power and NZ First and said: To make it back into Parliament, he (Winston Peters) will likely need to find a way to turn their fury into votes. Greive, the founder of the left-wing The Spinoff, was surely
Some Democracy NZ supporters have scattered. If they manage to get Winston Peters back into Parliament, perhaps there could be a real shake up. National Party leader Christopher Luxon opens his party’s conference at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, on Saturday, 24 June 2023. […] From the onset of
Listen to the beautiful ballad “Wind of Change”, which starts and ends with its haunting nostalgic whistling. According to the band’s lead singer, Klaus Meine, this classic is purely a peace anthem. In addition to that, Meine referred to the song with political sentiment, as one that “symbolizes the
New Zealanders are questioning what is going on. Frustration is building and more are asking the question, “What has happened to New Zealand?” It is so bad some say the country is close to being a failed state! There are big questions and big concerns. A group from the BFD,
Christopher Luxon is ditching some of his ties with Labour. Woop! Woop! National’s polling jumped up three points. Last week, after 2½ years, Luxon said, “We got it wrong.” Allowing three houses up to three storeys high on most suburban sites had been acceptable. Building them close to the
There are similarities between the COVID-19 vaccine and co-governance. Both are not allowed to be seen in a negative light. COVID-19 Vaccine The Medical Council of New Zealand put out a directive to all Health Practitioners. They told them that they must promote the COVID-19 vaccine. They were instructed to
