I could not believe my eyes when I read the article in the NZ Herald. It led me to the conclusion that in future judgements, a case may be made for “cultural shame” as a way for a sentence to be reduced, possibly by quite a lot if the “mana”
Stew The government recently passed a law that allows the police to enter my home without a search warrant. My question for all political parties is this: If your political party is part of the government after the election will your party remove this law and promise never to introduce
John Rofe Private Fraud Investigator As Albert Einstein is reputed to have said: “The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” It is illogical to consider that three relatively ineffectual human-influenced greenhouse gases which in total are
Editorial Note: The death toll is now 25 Our Coalition Government hasn’t got a lot to choose from when it comes to appointing some of them to Ministerial positions. The situation has been made even worse by some of the original selections having to be fired for sundry reasons.
Shelby The National Party’s horror run with young male MPs and candidates continues. The latest is a hitherto unknown bloke by the name of Jake Bezzant. He’s a supposedly bright young tech whizz-kid who was picked to move into Paula Bennett’s seat of Upper Harbour. I
Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages, most recently The Market Loves You. He is also the editor
I have been pondering awhile on the Government’s approach to Wuflu, and have concluded that it really boils down to 2 factors; ideology and planning. In the early days of the outbreak, no one really knew what was going on and how bad the virus was (or wasn’t)
Although now retired from Horticulture, I was a certified organic apple orchardist and market gardener for nigh on 20 years. At its peak, the area of land we operated under an organic regime was just under 100ha. We represented 15% of the total certified organic vege supply in New Zealand.
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State
Eliora Senior Pastor Glen Taka, of the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship, made me smile last week. Yes, he/they broke the rules, but he has made it clear that he and his group are not going to be part of the “team of 5 million” who are enamoured of every
Lizbet Hush * Citizens told to inform on each other. * COVID infringements. * Church leaders censured over a COVID cluster. * Hunger strikes * Escape attempts * Mask fines * Police involvement for contract tracing delinquents * Thousands of returnees isolated in quarantine facilities; those testing positive forced with non-positive family members into mandatory quarantine facilities
Suzanne Hanning Bristol Grove Dairies I can’t sleep. There’s a few things on my mind. I know farmers are supposed to be resilient and just get on with things, but I’ve been chewing over the new laws our government has just passed for a wee while now.
Maisie I feel very sorry for Greg Foran. He’s been left holding the pinless hand grenade that has long been tossed around by the CEOs of Air New Zealand. It is now time to let Air New Zealand slip quietly into the night. It would then salvage some dignity
Secretary for the Environment and Chief Executive Ministry for the Environment Dear Ms Robertson The role of the Environomics (NZ) Trust is to ensure that evidence-based science is at the forefront of discussion for policy development in New Zealand. I write regarding the Ministry for the Environment’s publication,
The advocates In Kindness: Part 1, I argued that telling people just to “Be kind” is both inadequate and potentially dangerous and suggested that one should be wary of the motives of the person doing the telling. That person is worth considering more closely. “Be kind”: What do they mean?
