Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cranmer is a lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. He divides his time between the UK and NZ. He writes on Substack exploring issues facing NZ under his nom du plume, Cranmer. commonroomnz.com New Zealand’s parliamentary
David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society in Pamplona, Spain, and a recipient of the prestigious Ramón y Cajal research grant (2017-2021, extended through 2023), awarded by the Spanish government to support outstanding research activities. brownstone.
Tom Olohan Tom Olohan is a Staff Writer for NewsBusters. PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com A Bloomberg News columnist claims he found a net-zero “bargain” at the estimated low price of nearly eight times the 2022 US GDP. Researchers at Bloomberg News reportedly predicted that it will take
Tyler O’Neil Tyler O’Neil is managing editor of The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/, and he is the author of “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center.” PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com More than 180,000 Americans sent
Leesa K Donner Leesa K Donner is Editor-in-Chief of LibertyNation.com. A widely published columnist, Leesa previously worked in the broadcast news industry as a television news anchor, reporter, and producer at NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. She is the author of
hobsonspledge.nz Recently, the Minister of Local Government, Kieran McAnulty, disregarded democracy as irrelevant in New Zealand. He commented on the undemocratic Three Waters reforms, stating that they “wouldn’t stand up to a purely academic democratic framework, but that’s not how we work”. Further highlighting this Government’s
Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD on New Zealand’
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com There is now a pretty widely shared consensus that inflation is undesirable for a variety of economic and social reasons. And around the world it has been widely
Harry Palmer It’s a great puzzle, and I’m probably going to go to my grave not knowing how it happened. What’s got me intrigued is how, ever since the 1960s, so many people have become so unquestioning of those elected to run the country for them and
Colin Angus Senior Research Fellow in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group University of Sheffield The cost of living crisis has seen the prices of many goods and services rise sharply in the past 18 months, but food and drink prices have been particularly hard hit. Some food producers have responded
John Ling John is the Chief Investment Officer at Wealth Morning. His responsibilities include trading, client service, and compliance. He is an experienced investor and portfolio manager, trading both on his own account and assisting with high net-worth clients. wealthmorning.com When I was growing up in Malaysia, there
Pierre Kory Pierre Kory is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist, Teacher/Researcher. He is also the President and Chief Medical Officer of the non-profit organization Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance whose mission is to develop the most effective, evidence/expertise-based COVID-19 treatment protocols. brownstone.
Rachel Smalley Journalist and Broadcaster The Common Room This article was first published by The Common Room The Medicine Gap is a storytelling platform and at its heart is social justice – I write stories about everyday New Zealanders who are ill and need access to modern medicines that we don’
Helen Houghton Leader New Conservative It is not new for troubled youth who commit offences or who display unacceptable behaviour (those children who are under the care of Oranga Tamariki), to be given McDonald’s or special treats, which act as a positive reinforcement for bad behaviour. Youth Justice facilities
Dawn Slusher newsbusters.org An Australian dramedy that was released on Netflix in March was trending in June, so we decided to check it out. Be glad we did so you don’t have to. Looks like Hollywood’s tendency towards paedophilia – or the rights of “Minor Attracted Persons” as
Chris O’Brien Spokesman for Life New Conservative Party New Conservative is opposed to euthanasia killing in New Zealand. Since the passing of the End of Life Choice Act in 2019 and its implementation in November 2021, over 300 people had been killed by a doctor or assisted to suicide
