A National ID Card if You Want to Travel by Plane
Once they cross this line, it will just be a matter of time before they cross the next one.
Reproduced with permission
RFK Jr Attacked for His Stance on Psychotropic Meds
Why are these legislators so adamantly defending what is widely acknowledged as the rampant over-prescription of psychiatric drugs? Could it have anything to do with their deep ties to Big Pharma lobbyists?
The Liberals and Their Tax Policy
I can only assume that this idea does well in focus groups and opinion polls, but for people who care about genuine tax reform it is pretty disappointing.
Israel Is the Greatest Decolonisation Project Ever
Israel is not just a state – it is the embodiment of the triumph of a people over history’s greatest injustices, and a living example of the enduring power of the human spirit to overcome even the harshest of adversities.
Call for Vote on Four-Year Electoral Terms
LGNZ President Sam Broughton said aligning council and parliamentary terms makes sense and supports the idea of national and local elections being held two years apart.
Health NZ Team Knows Next to Nothing About Healthcare
The PM and finance minister have done nothing to shake up the inbred culture of Wellington’s civil service. All the talk about the need for innovation and restoring NZ’s mojo, yet it’s the same types in charge.
Is This True Asylum or Backdoor Immigration
How New Zealand's loopholes are being exploited.
On Wish Lists and Reality
A country that tolerates huge numbers of children born into welfare, so many young skipping school, and declining achievement standards amongst those who do attend, can scarcely expect first world standards of health, or any other kind of care. Get real is the message.
Contagions and the Real Survivors
Anybody for informed consent? The two words go hand in hand – informed and consent. It doesn’t do any good to be informed but not have consent.
Trump vs the Meteor
Getting our house in order will almost certainly require real, painful sacrifice from taxpayers and beneficiaries of government programs. It is not clear if Trump has the will to do all that is necessary. If he does, history suggests that he will be punished instead of rewarded for this courage.
Kiwi Team Covers WWI Battlefield Remains
The small group – made up of NZDF personnel and staff from the New Zealand Embassy – recited a karakia and The Ode, and played the Last Post across the landscape, where trenches have re-emerged following wildfires in August last year.
Finlayson Describes ACT as ‘Populist’ in World News
What garbage for National’s former Treaty Minister Finlayson to cat-call ACT as being “populist”.
NZ Must Confront the Hard Questions
We cannot let our asylum system be exploited, nor can we afford to turn a blind eye when that system potentially puts innocent people in harm’s way. New Zealanders deserve a fair and safe society. The balance is off and it is time to fix it.
Te Pāti Māori’s Ongoing Financial Accountability Issues
If Te Pāti Māori continues down its current path of delays, omissions, and nonchalant defiance, it risks far more than a warning – it risks legal penalties and, more importantly, a tarnished reputation in the eyes of the public.