National President Peter Goodfellow has confirmed that Jami-Lee Ross was correct when he told The Nation that National party candidates are set fundraising targets. He also confirmed that JLR was correct when he said that members and local party electorate committees are “encouraged” to donate to the National Foundation. Of
Stuff has continued their wonky jihad against a private citizen in their attempt to continue to smear any and all associated with Winston Peters. The campaign,( for that is what it is), has reached absurd proportions where they are now just publishing rumour, gossip and innuendo. Their latest smear is
While a new Muslim lobby group is focussing on creating a database of “hate speech” and “hate crimes” as a reaction to the terrible act of terrorism in Christchurch a practical and useful response would be to focus on how an Australian terrorist was easily able to arm himself in
You can’t really blame NZ First and Winston Peters for deciding to bypass a hostile and motivated media who want to be involved in politics without actually standing for office. It is the very reason why Whaleoil Editor Cameron Slater coined the term “Media Party” to describe them many
Brian Henry is compiling a large list of those who have defamed him. Reportedly the list is now said to have over 35 names on it. He’s compiling the list because he says that he has been defamed, not just by Simon Bridges and Nick Smith, but also by
Next year when we go to the polls to vote in the next government we will be also be asked about euthanasia. The Science Media Centre has asked some professionals working in nursing, psychology, law, and palliative care to answer some questions about the finer points of the Euthanasia Bill.
Over on The Daily Blog Political commentator, Chris Trotter muses about the role political journalists are currently playing in attack politics. He says that the enemies of Winston Peters are trying to remove him and NZ First from the chessboard and are using the news media to do it. Those
It is always illuminating to read the blog posts of people with different points of view, so when I learned about the creation of a new Muslim lobby group Human Rights group I immediately visited their website to read one of their blog posts. We have written before about the
The Foundation Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) according to its press release is a newly formed NZ-based independent Muslim human rights advocacy organisation. Instead of just being against racism, however, it is against Islamophobia and racism, which indicates that they see race as separate from religion. This is reasonable, as
National is making a massive fuss over the NZ First Foundation. According to them it is shady, dishonest and smacks of corruption. Meanwhile, they are running not one, but three Foundations of their own. The National Foundation, which states its aim as We have established the National Foundation to strengthen
Brian Henry has smacked Simon Bridges and Nick Smith hard, threatening to sue the cowards for smearing him in parliament. Winston Peters’ lawyer and the man behind the New Zealand First Foundation – Brian Henry – is threatening to sue National leader Simon Bridges and senior MP Nick Smith. Newstalk ZB’s
Green MP Julie Anne Genter as we all know wants more women in the board room. A famous New Zealander has a novel solution. Those recently outed public company sinners lacking female directors, can show they’re up with the play in the new social order. All they need do
The Taxpayers Union has revealed that the film ‘Wolf Warrior II’, produced by state-owned Chinese companies, is advertised with the tagline: ‘Anyone who offends China, no matter how remote, must be exterminated.’ Yes, you read that correctly…it said EXTERMINATED! The New Zealand government has funded a film using taxpayers
Political commentators speculate on outcomes, and that is all well and good. However, speculation should be based on known facts and similar situations from the past. While I would like to tell you all that National has a path to victory next year, I cannot tell you that because currently,
The NZ Government’s press release about their latest changes to the rental rules has the headline: Fairer rules for tenants and landlords I challenge readers to try to find anything in the press release that makes things better for landlords. It is a bash-the-landlords-up laundry list that makes things
