Leighton Baker New Conservative Party leader Leighton Baker is leading New Conservative to be the solution for New Zealanders that want personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, strong national identity and want family values to be protected. Those of us that call New Zealand home generally appreciate not
Catherine Abou-Nemeh Victoria University of Wellington Earlier this week New Zealand’s parliamentarians voted on the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill. Much public discussion on the merits of euthanasia has centred around the role of the medical practitioner as healer. Some doctors and conscientious objectors
NZCPR.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Late last month the Minister of Justice announced
PA Pundits – International Gabriel Hays Gabriel Hays is a staff writer for MRC Culture After Barbie maker Mattel introduced its “gender-neutral Barbie” abominations in September, some lefties have voiced their disapproval, saying the new toy line is too “playful” and not woke enough. Truly, a time is coming when
Redline Daphna Whitmore Since becoming the world’s first openly transexual mayor and member of parliament, Georgina Beyer has been recognised as a trailblazer for trans rights. Daphna Whitmore talks with her about where she sees the current trans movement We start out talking about legislation the government put on
PA Pundits – International Tony Perkins “Talk with teens about possible regret.” That’s what the American Academy of Pediatrics says about tattoos and body piercings. But when it comes to giving a girl who thinks she’s a boy a double mastectomy, the same organization thinks parents should “respect” their
George I am riddled with guilt as I have to confess that one of my favourite Beatles songs is “Happiness is a Warm Gun”; a rather complex but exquisite composition on their 1968 White Album. The title never raised a peep amongst us juvenile baby boomers. I’m so grateful
PA Pundits – International Jarrett Stepman Jarrett Stepman is an editor and commentary writer for The Daily Signal, and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast at The Heritage Foundation. As young Americans are losing an understanding of civics and American history, they increasingly embrace socialism. An annual poll
Patriot Realm Can Pauline and Bob win Queensland in 2020? Ok, I know I am dreaming, as Darryl Kerrigan would have said, but wouldn’t it be fantastic if Queensland went True Blue, Dinkie Die, proper old fashioned and the pair of Outsiders won the election and we got our
William Felt Apart from Jacinda Ardern’s dress sense there are many, many other Labour party fails: * Light Rail – no business case, no costings, no route map, no objectives – but a fuel tax already to pay for it. – fail * Jacinda Ardern’s personal attacks on Alan Jones years ago, come
PA Pundits – International James Carafano James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. contributes posts at The Daily Signal. He is a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, is The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, E. W. Richardson fellow, and director of the Kathryn
PA Pundits – International Brent Bozell & Tim Graham L. Brent Bozell III is the Founder and President of the Media Research Center Tim Graham is the Executive Editor at NewsBusters, and he is the Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. One of the strangest things about liberals
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Continued… This is an indictment of Labour’s welfare system. The fact that there is no pro-active work expectation for almost 80 percent of welfare recipients means that instead of incentivising able-bodied beneficiaries to get jobs, taxpayers are paying them to do nothing.
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com There’s been a lot of debate over recent weeks about the fact that the number of people receiving welfare is rising at a time when there’s a chronic shortage of workers in many industries. It raises questions about whether a serious mismatch now
Malcolm I am not at all surprised that the New Zealand Police have lost 31,000 gun records as government departments and quangos have a long record of being hopeless with databases and computer systems. Until recently I worked in a military organisation, and our engineering group had a drawing
Stewart Mann It’s hard to write about Sir Peter Jackson without succumbing to flattery as his achievements are impressive. The recognition and titular honours Jackson has received for building a billion-dollar film industry in Wellington from scratch are well-deserved as are the Oscars which acknowledge his artistic
