Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz In April this year, when Kiri Allan was still Minister of Justice, she launched a review of lobbying. Justice officials
Philip Crump Lawyer and writer Philip Crump explores political, legal and cultural issues facing New Zealand. Sometimes known as Thomas Cranmer. cranmer.substack.com On Saturday New Zealand elected its 42nd Prime Minister, or did it? Only time will tell, but quite possibly the country has, more accurately, appointed a
Colin Parkinson Some people have claimed that certain events such as the Holocaust did not happen. Now we are starting to have questions about more recent events such as reports of the beheading of babies in Israel. There have been rumours going around trying to discredit this event. I have
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz BACK ON THE TOOLS After a heavy election defeat on Saturday night, outgoing Prime Minister Chris “Chippy” Hipkins has dragged himself out of bed and is now looking on the bright side. With the gruelling days of being prime minister behind him, Chippy has now turned
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Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz DAY OF RECKONING A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Wellington’s public sector workers tonight. It comes as the result of the election saw National and Act form what is likely to be NZ’s next Government based on the votes counted so far, but leaves
Elai Rettig BESA Center Perspectives Dr. Elai Rettig is a lecturer and assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies and a senior research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. besacenter.org As part of the ongoing “Swords of Iron” operation in Gaza,
bobmccoskrie.com With special votes yet to be counted, we can confidently say that we have a new Government. As we await the final count and watch the make-up of the National-led Government under Christopher Luxon’s leadership and the new ministerial portfolios, not a lot will change
Jason Hayes Jason Hayes is the director of energy and environmental policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. cfact.org Big government mandates are forcing the national transition to electric vehicles. Consumer demand doesn’t appear to matter. The government is doling out billions in special loans and subsidies
John Denton Oh, the irony. Post-election, Winston Peters, in his usual “I’ll do the talking sunshine” mode, railed against being “marginalised and shut out” by the “corrupt media”, despite it being they who were totally responsible for his comeback this time around. We know our mainstream media are
Mark Freeman The head of Radio New Zealand has expressed concern about the general public’s declining trust in mainstream media (MSM) news. He’s also acknowledged there was a negative public response to government funding of private MSM outlets over the COVID period. In a talk at the recent
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Labour Party has crashed from 50 per cent of the vote in 2020 to around 27 per cent in 2023. The election loss has been
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to continue to battle Indigenous disadvantage and promote reconciliation, in the wake of the sweeping defeat of his referendum to put a Voice in the Constitution. “We intend as a government to continue to do what we
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In the summer of 2021 , Americans saw something unusual: Dr. Anthony Fauci on tilt. “Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly. And I want
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
