From memory, it’s about ten days since I last wrote an article and since then rather a lot has taken place. Auckland was put in and pulled out of a pointless three-day lockdown and now we are in a seven-day lockdown which will prove to be equally pointless. These
The NZ Herald reports that hundreds of children living on rural roads near towns are being barred from school buses under a law that hasn’t changed since 1904. On Inland Road near Helensville two Kaipara College students live 3.8 kilometres from the school but the bus is only
A couple of articles ago I wrote that my favourite NZ Herald opinion piece writer, alongside the persistent pedal pusher Simon Wilson, was Audrey Young. Well, now I’ve got a threesome! Number three is Diana Wichtel. After reading her article in the Canvas I found myself, metaphorically speaking, pretty
According to One News, Kiwi international relations experts are aghast at the latest trans-Tasman war of words, which they say is proof of different values and a worsening relationship between Wellington and Canberra. Australia’s decision to strip citizenship from a dual Australian-New Zealand national currently detained in Turkey has
My favourite NZ Herald opinion piece writer, alongside the persistent pedal pusher Simon Wilson, is Audrey Young. When it comes to her beloved Labour Party, led by her beloved Jacinda Ardern, Audrey, nine times out of ten, manages to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Such
Seven o’clock on a Sunday night and there she was, Jacinda, looking suitably frowny faced and dressed in black. Always an ominous sign. She had had to forego one of the highlights of her year – the Big Gay Out. Three people, all from the same family, had been found
In last Friday’s Herald Simon Wilson was back on his hobbyhorse of transport in Auckland. Normally I find plenty of Simon’s content to disagree with but this article had more common sense than usual. The common sense was largely made up of points few would find a reason
What is going on at MediaWorks? First, it was John Banks and now it’s Sean Plunket. It seems as if the company is trying to pre-empt the proposed hate speech laws and get in first. Their CEO Cam Wallace certainly seems to be intent on implementing a woke philosophy.
From viewing the first day of Parliament, Question Time in particular, it is obvious nothing is going to change. Jacinda Ardern (Bluff) and Megan Woods (Bluster), the two motor mouths were both quickly back into overdrive. Both saying plenty but in reality saying nothing. A bit like a car stuck
Some Maori are so busy spending time prioritising things that in this day and age make no practical difference to their everyday lives they are getting themselves left further and further behind. The sort of gains they are making under Jacinda are ones that might have a feel-good factor but
Jacinda Ardern’s spurious ideology has, by its very nature, had its day. It will ruin this country both economically and socially. It is an agenda that all left-wing governments are trying to impose on their people but it won’t work. Left-wing politicians, as is well known by those
The disgraceful way this government is acting means the National Party must oppose key areas of what they are proposing. It is becoming increasingly obvious the Labour Party do not believe in democracy, do not believe in free speech, and are determined to waste money on ridiculous ideas around transport,
The latest Free Press from the ACT Party concerns the Zero Carbon Act which the party was the only one to oppose. When it was debated in Parliament David Seymour said it was “pernicious, because it introduces a level of central control over economic-decision making that this country has not
We are approximately three months into the second term of a Labour Government and already their list of non-achievements is mounting up. They are showing themselves up to be what they are, a group who are very good at doing the talking but pretty abysmal at doing the walking. There
The dismissal of John Banks from his radio show due to remarks made by a caller alleging that Maori were a Stone Age people got me thinking. It got me thinking because very little emphasis is given to Maori or indeed New Zealand history before the signing of the Treaty
Michael Bassett’s article on the BFD late last week concerning Oranga Tamariki and the resignation of its CEO provided real food for thought. I am in agreement with what he has to say. The problem that needs addressing here is one that goes beyond just the children. What needs
