And so it begins. Cultural and historical ANZAC commemorations are shut down. Two ANZAC day parades so far in New Zealand have been cancelled that I know of and I am sure that there will be more to come. One is the Papakura ANZAC parade. The other is the Matakana
Nothing annoys me more than self-righteous busybody Greenies who have no respect for private property rights. When I first heard about the poor property owners who did everything by the book but who were still prevented from building on their own property, I was furious. It was a complex tale
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confessed to what we have known all along. She makes most of her decisions based on emotion rather than facts and logic. […] ?Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. It?s intuitive. I think it?s just the nature of an event
Kiwibuild has been revealed as a rort by National housing spokeswoman Judith Collins, who has called it “a welfare scheme for property developers”. She has pointed out that more than half of the homes built since the policy started were already underway before they were added to the programme. […] Judith
Paul Barber from Tax Justice was interviewed by RNZ and he made the extraordinary claim that most New Zealanders support a Capital Gains Tax He claimed that polls supported his claim but I have seen no polls that support his claim. He then went on to claim that it was
I am so glad that Green list MP Golriz Ghahraman has freedom of speech. As many people as possible need to listen to her views so that the Green Party will lose as many votes as possible. I do not want to silence her nor do I want to punish
After 9/11 in America people were shocked when some members of the Muslim community tried to use the tragedy to push for a mosque to be built at the site of the terror attack. It was an incredibly inappropriate, disrespectful and tone deaf suggestion that quite understandably created outrage.
Unbelievably the Crusaders have bowed to the hurtie feelings of a few virtue signallers on Social Media and are now spending money on a research company to work out how best to emasculate themselves. They are tossing up between a vasectomy or a full castration. Quote. […] The Christchurch-based Super Rugby
My father was in 161 Battery. He was an Australian on secondment to the New Zealand army, and his fellow soldiers called him Skippy. He has told me a number of stories about his time in Vietnam. One that sticks in my mind was how he and others manned the
The official data by Statistics NZ on child poverty have been released, and they reveal that seven of the nine measures of child poverty decreased under National. It also shows that on seven of the measures it increased in Labour’s first year. Ooops, this was one of Jacinda Ardern’
Whether or not you personally think that restricting certain firearms will make New Zealand a safer place or not, the following two points should make everyone pause to think. The new gun law is being rushed in a very undemocratic way. The government expects to pass legislation banning most semi-automatic
Justice Minister Andrew Little says he’ll fast-track a review of current laws that could lead to hate speech being made a legal offence. But the leader of the ACT Party says that would be divisive if it meant certain people were deemed more deserving of legal protection than others.
Back now to possible changes to hate crime law in the wake of the Christchurch mosque terror attack. Justice Minister Andrew Little says the laws are inadequate and we need to do better. […] Act Party leader David Seymour says a hate crime law will be divisive and will descend into
