Are we sleepwalking into He Puapua/Māori sovereignty? There is going to be a lot of shocked and disillusioned people clutching their pearls when this happens! The moral outrage will be vast. But too late, folks, the horse called democracy will have bolted!
Under Luxon’s leadership, National are now burning their political capital at a prodigious rate! For me and many others the gauge is hovering just outside the red sector and the big E!
Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about Critical Race Theory (CRT). No, not heard of CRT? Well, it’s a significant issue around the world these days and seems to be becoming embedded in the thinking of certain sectors of our society. Critical
Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about Prime Minister Luxon’s meeting with the powerful Iwi Chairs Group at the annual Iwi Chairs Forum. On February 2nd in Kerikeri, Prime Minister Luxon, along with a collection of National Cabinet ministers, ACT leader David
John Porter Bay FM Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about the slanted news coverage we receive from the MSM around Climate Change. It seems to me that if you belong to the school that think the world is ending next week unless
April 25th marks the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during World War I, at Gallipoli. New Zealand and Australia mark the anniversary each year, remembering not only those who died at Gallipoli, but all who have served their country in times of war. The
To paraphrase the late, great Billy T James: “Hey Billy, someone is stealing your gate bro! Aren’t you going to stop him?” “Nah. He might take a fence!” These days the “takers of a fence” are crawling out of the woodwork, primed and cocked, ready to “take a fence”
“I am the violence prevention minister – and I know who causes violence in the world – it is white cis men. That it is white cis men who cause violence in the world.” Marama Davidson Green party deputy leader Marama Davidson felt emboldened and enabled to proclaim such a divisive statement
Thomas Sowell, an American author, economist, social theorist wrote “Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.” That is so, so true, you could be excused for thinking it was written about New Zealand’s education system!
Since his elevation to the role of Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins’s spin doctors and the compliant MSM are energetically pushing the “Chippy” narrative. Portraying him as a regular down to earth, focusing on the “bread & butter” issues, Cossie Club, Joe Average New Zealander. But we must not be
Post cyclone Gabrielle Hawkes Bay is facing a massive and unprecedented clean-up mission. A crucial component of this clean-up mission is the role government ministers and local MPs are required to play to ensure the region’s immediate and long-term needs are met. That and recent events lead me to
Remember Donna Awatere-Huata? Donna was a former ACT list MP from 1996-2003. In 2003 Awatere-Huata was expelled from the ACT party due to allegations of fraud regarding an educational charity. In the 1970s Donna was one of the earlier activists for Maori causes becoming heavily involved in the Maori protest
For some time now activists, probably incited by this Labour Government’s skewed ideology that social justice and equality for Maori can only be achieved by overriding the principles of democracy, have been, with increasing regularity and intensity, demanding that “Pakeha accept decolonisation”! To investigate decolonisation, we must first understand
Were you worried about 3 Waters? Were you worried about a separate Maori health authority? Were you worried about The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill? Were you deeply worried about Co-Governance? I have good news for you! The good news is there is no need to worry about
I would like to share with you a subject that might have been quite relevant for some or most of us over the Christmas/New Year period, as we consumed bounteous amounts of rich food and alcohol. And that is FLATULENCE or in common parlance, FARTING. Now I’m not
As we kick 2022 out the back door with a loud and robust “…and don’t come back” message, I’m looking forward to 2023 with a degree of positivity while at the same time recognising that many issues need urgent or immediate attention from this government. The myriad of
