Nicholas Khoo Associate Professor of International Politics, University of Otago University of Otago The National-led coalition government is off to a fast start internationally. In envisioning a more central role for the ANZAC alliance with Australia, and possible involvement in the AUKUS security pact, it is recalibrating New Zealand’
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz COAST IS CLEAR After a spicy Waitangi Day up north, Act Leader David Seymour believes it is now safe for him to relax the precautions he’s been taking for the last week or so. “I knew things could get heated up there, as not too
Timothy Welch Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The government’s recent announcement that it would bring forward legislation to end the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax (ARFT) in June – four years early – is the third time in 30 years
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
bobmccoskrie.com The Midwifery Council in NZ wants to cancel any mention of women. ‘Midwife’ is to be renamed ‘Midthingamy’. You’ll also be astounded to hear their response to the simple question “what is a woman?” But they’re not the only wokesters in the health field. TRANSCRIPT: MIDWIFE
Matevz (Matt) Raskovic Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy Auckland University of Technology In 2010, then US secretary of state Hillary Clinton famously described New Zealand as a country that “punches way above its weight”. She was referring to our role in international relations, global security and natural disaster
bobmccoskrie.com When companies go woke, they often go broke. And the reason they go broke is because people like you and me choose to purchase from companies and retailers who don’t lecture us with woke gender and sexuality virtue signalling as part of our purchase. But more and
Vinuli Withanarachchie, PhD candidate, College of Health Massey University Bridget Dicker, Associate Professor of Paramedicine Sarah Maessen, Research Associate Auckland University of Technology As of January this year, New Zealand became just the second country (after Canada) to adopt a groundbreaking new procedure for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Known as
Richard Treadgold Founder Free New Zealand One thousand, four hundred and sixty-six kilometres from the warm and turbulent North Cape to the cold and turbulent Stewart Island mark the length of our glorious land – the world’s third-oldest continuous democracy and the most remote. Driving reveals agreeable bays
Tani Newton February 14th, 2023. We were roused from an uneasy sleep at 4am by Civil Defence telling us to prepare for evacuation. We did what we could to protect our more valuable belongings before heading to the assembly point, where we eventually joined a cavalcade of cars slowly moving
Steve Goreham Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, and independent columnist on energy, sustainability, climate change, and public policy. More than 100,000 copies of his books are now in print, including his latest, Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development. cfact.org The next big climate scare is on
Louis T. March Louis T. March has a background in government, business, and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author, and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. mercatornet.com It’s cold here
Inderjeet Parmar Professor in International Politics, City, University of London City, University of London Former prime time Fox News host Tucker Carlson – long known as a public cheerleader for Donald Trump – has conducted a wide-ranging two-hour interview with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Carlson, who has consistently argued
Jeffrey Lord Lord is a former White House political director in the Reagan White House and aide to HUD Secretary Jack Kemp. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania he went on to work for the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Leader, then going on to serve on
Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, D.C., Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared
Simeon Brown Minister of Local Government Kiwis rejected Labour’s expensive Three Waters plan loud and clear… and National listened. Yesterday Christopher Luxon and I announced how the Coalition Government will deliver on the promise we made to New Zealanders by replacing Labour’s bureaucratic power grab with a plan
