Alwyn Poole One of your senior members said to me, “I know children don’t vote,” but in New Zealand, things are a mess and the impact on the future especially for the people you are not normally seen to represent — Maori, Pasifika and the poor — is immense. You have
Anne There’s something about a headscarf on Megan Woods that makes me laugh. Yes, terrible, I laugh. On Ardern it’s a cringe. On Nasrin, I’m upset, bewildered, angry. Nasrin’s dedication as a human rights lawyer, activist and supporter of the movement to free Iranian women of
Francis Forde P-hacking, HARKing, outcome switching, and Salami-slicing. Despite sounding like a list of manoeuvres to improve your sexual prowess, the research practices depicted by these terms paint a much less alluring picture. In his new book Science Fictions, Kings College lecturer Stuart Ritchie discusses the many shameful
OAP Before I start waffling on about my pet subject, I will spend today answering some questions that came up in the comments on my article last week. Firstly, you don’t need a Firearms Licence to take part. You would be under the close supervision of a qualified person
Thornton Blackmore “Jump aboard this waka” is the party line among supporters for what has become New Zealand’s fastest-growing political party. Advance New Zealand Co-Leader Billy Te Kahika, who is contesting Labour Party Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis’s seat in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate, has already
Kevin Mooney papundits.wordpress.com Kevin Mooney is an investigative reporter for The Daily Signal, at The Heritage Foundation. Politicians, media figures, and Hollywood elites who maintain lavish lifestyles while advocating restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions are on full display in a new documentary. The BFD. In a scene from
Thornton Blackmore While ushering in the Red Dawn downunder, the Prime Minister has sought to market her economic destruction of the nation on the basis of “kindness”. But genuine aroha is self-evident and defies imitation by even the shrewdest of politicians sporting an armament of public relations muscle, limitless
Peter J. Morgan The Environomics (NZ) Trust Peter J. Morgan B.E. (Mech.), Dip. Teaching Honorary Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Environomics (NZ) Trust Consulting Forensic Engineer, Marine Designer, Technical Writer, Sub-editor & Technical Editor Inventor in 1967 of the Step-V planing hull form, 36 years later invalidly
Matt Long Fatherhood, Farming and Freedom Many of us will remember that prior to the first COVID-19 lockdown the government’s attention was firmly fixed on passing new abortion laws, regarded as the most radical in the western world. To give you an idea of just how radical our
Eliora Kiwis have heard Judith Collins say she is having fun as the leader of the National Party. Now she is electioneering to be the next Prime Minister. Kiwis saw her having fun at the first leaders’ debate. Collins looked the part and was relaxed and comfortable in this setting.
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Former Stanford professor and now White House advisor Scott Atlas has positioned himself against lockdowns and for widespread reopening of the economy, a position that is backed by high-prestige scientists around the world, including other colleagues at Stanford, Harvard, and Oxford, alongside many medical
Dr David Cumin israelinstitute.nz Hate group, Kia Ora Gaza, is encouraging people to ask five questions at political meetings. We have prepared some possible answers to the questions and have already seen some aspiring MPs do a very good job of answering the first. Question 1: “In defiance of
Grant Duncan, Massey University Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury Morgan Godfery, University of Otago Richard Shaw, Massey University Siouxsie Wiles Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins have met for the first televised debate of the 2020 election campaign. With the results of the
Information Humour Arthur There are some mean spirited types that say New Zealand doesn’t do comedy well. Certainly, the comedians on our two breakfast shows aren’t very funny. John Campbell’s excessively woke woker is overacted and Hayley Holt’s ageing female air-head impersonation, and I hope
Jonathan The “Epsom Cup of Tea” got lost in the news cycle right before the latest Auckland lockdown. It wasn’t a cup of tea at all, but a press conference in Onehunga. David Seymour appeared to have no public reaction to the endorsement from Judith Collins, a striking contrast
Piotr Godzisz Birmingham City University In her first state of the union address as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen called out hatred and pledged to build “a union of equality”. While European institutions have been at the forefront of fighting hate crime and discrimination in and
