Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last week’s housing announcement was a shocking indictment of Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government. Without taking official advice and without assessing the economic and social costs of their actions, they have made fundamental changes to the residential property investment market and turned back the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “The United Nations Indigenous Peoples Declaration… is the final step on the road to separatism. This is the road to Zimbabwe.” Winston Peters, 2011 A recent report produced by the Ministry for Maori Development outlining a plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com We all know politicians engage in propaganda. But most don’t admit it. Not so Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Desperate to avoid allegations of mismanagement over Auckland’s bungled lockdowns, she began lashing out, claiming individuals have been knowingly spreading the virus – including a young
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The expression “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” was coined by the British historian and politician, Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887. Many New Zealanders are now realising just how true it is. On election night, our
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom” British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 1978 Last week, the Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon released a report claiming racism against Maori has been escalating
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Earlier this month the Climate Commission released their draft report to the Government. It is so extreme that even typically conservative economists are expressing alarm. Without any exaggeration, if implemented, the Commission’s plan would radically transform New Zealand, from a country which is still
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com On election night, Jacinda Ardern promised to govern for all New Zealanders. Yet here she is, barely three months later, using Parliamentary urgency to crush a fundamental democratic right of New Zealanders. Not only that – she is misleading the country about the reasons for the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Grainne Moss, the Secretary for Children and Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – the Government’s child protection agency – has resigned after four years in the position. In announcing her resignation, Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes said, “Mrs Moss is a dedicated public servant and leader
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last May, the Government announced $37 million would be spent on a strategy to ensure New Zealand would not be left behind when it came to securing the COVID-19 vaccine. In the lead up to the election, the Prime Minister announced “hundreds of millions” of
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In the 1980s, many New Zealanders stood proudly against apartheid – the South African system of government which enabled a race-based minority to impose its rule over the majority of the population. It is therefore ironic that many of these same people now support a separatist
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” That of course was infamously said by Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda in Hitler’s Third Reich. He understood the power of indoctrination – that convincing the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com It seems a Government with absolute power is not averse to breaking election pledges. Before the election, Labour was clear – they would not introduce a capital gains tax, nor a wealth tax. The only change in income tax would be an increase to the top
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last week Radio NZ reported that schools around the country are paying tens of thousands of dollars to private consultants to help them improve the way they teach reading. They are introducing the so-called “structured literacy” approach, more commonly known as “phonics”. While backed by
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com On election night, Jacinda Ardern said, “To those amongst you who may not have supported Labour before… I say thank you. We will not take your support for granted. And I can promise you, we will be a party that governs for every New Zealander.
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last year Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was the guest speaker at a private gathering in New York hosted by Bill and Melinda Gates. She told the audience that under her administration New Zealand had taken a lead and embedded the United Nations Agenda 2030 into
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.co The decision by Jacinda Ardern and Labour to negotiate a deal with the Green Party will be a disappointment to those centre-right voters who voted strategically for Labour to keep the Greens out of Government. As we wrote before the election, “Even if Labour defies
