A proposed plan to save the planet, an opinion piece on Stuff, is completely backwards facing. Apparently, the only way to save the planet (or at least just Wellington) is to regress our modern-day society into a world from the past and to “behave better” – whatever that means. Now don’
The plastic bag law hasn’t been in force for long, but already numerous ‘paper bag incidents’ have occurred. Even our family experienced an episode of paper bag induced trauma recently when our son purchased two bottles of wine at Countdown which were then packed into a paper bag with
Dr Lance O’Sullivan is a doctor from Kaitaia, Northland. He is also an author, public speaker and public health advocate. Recently he explained why he supports Oranga Tamariki’s policy of uplifting children. His view is in complete contrast to Rihi Te Nana and others who think that the
National may be showing as the biggest party in the latest ONE NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll, but it still can’t win based on the percentages shown. Seats in Parliament based on 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll results National Party – 57 Labour Party – 55 Green Party – 7 ACT Party – 1
Information Humour If our media are to be believed a certain group of people (formerly referred to as boy racers) are in fact, peaceful and respected Pillars of society known as “car enthusiasts.” A recent TV One news story told a dramatic tale of woe where our heroes from “the
Hello Everyone, students, Rams, people, They / them / theirs /Ze / hir / hir and Nige. I am so pleased to see all you deplorables this Sunday afternoon ready to learn how to use inclusive language. Today the lesson is about drugs and addiction. The word Addicted and the phrase, Like Crack can
The Inclusive Communications Task Force at Colorado has created an Inclusive Language Guide. Very helpfully they have listed all the naughty words that you are not allowed to use anymore. Inclusive-Language-GuideDownload Your mission should you choose to accept it is to write a paragraph using as many of these forbidden
I love the New Zealand police I really do and I have great respect for them as a whole. However, there have been a few bungles of note lately that have revealed that not everything is shipshape and Bristol fashion in cop world. Police are condemning the release of footage
I love free samples. Most people do. Yesterday both our children went to a Food Show. They didn’t buy any lunch because they didn’t need to. Every stall they went to was busy serving up delicious samples for them to eat and drink. Free cheese, free cooked meats,
If you want a recipe for trouble, just add Socialism. Socialism is such a potent ingredient that, if it was your intention to increase home ownership and make things better for tenants, this secret ingredient will ensure that the recipe will not only fail, the oven will also blow up!
Mahvash Ali from The Project is 100% correct that the West Auckland Burkini incident is sexist but not for the reasons that she claims. To set the scene let me share an incident that happened last night as we celebrated our daughter’s 21st birthday at a restaurant in Stanmore
Ezra Levant from Rebel Media met with Tommy Robinson yesterday at London’s Belmarsh prison. He flew all the way to the UK from Canada because he doesn’t trust anyone else to answer the question: is Tommy being mistreated in prison? As we all know, Tommy was both physically
Since the terror attack in Christchurch, the government and mainstream media have been pushing the line that reporting on ‘hate speech’ will make New Zealand safer. In reality, supporting a Snitch culture on social media will make New Zealand less safe. Snitching appeals to a certain kind of person. It
**The sole member of the Orakei Local Board to vote against the allocation of these grants was Carmel Claridge. From the Mayor’s office right down to local boards, wasteful spending is rife at Auckland Council. The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has revealed that the council are now paying for Remuera
In response to criticism from law-abiding gun owners of the CoL’s latest brain fart of creating a National Gun register, the PM has changed tack. “Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a proposed gun register isn’t about law-abiding firearms owners, but rather the people who steal them.” This woman
