Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com My advice to anyone considering a change of telco: look before you leap. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. So the cliché goes – and like most clichés, it has a core of truth. A couple of weeks ago,
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 One of the most invigorating things about Camp Freedom is the absence of fear. The protesters aren’t scared. They move freely amongst the crowd and greet and socialise
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments When Labour governments run out of ideas they have usually resorted to centralisation and more controls. In its final
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 Hi David I note the following from a RNZ report: ACT leader David Seymour was similarly derisive of the approach. “It’s possible to have a peaceful protest but
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments With Waitangi Day coming up, it looks as if we are to receive another dose of nonsense about the
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002 and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Over the last few years, and especially since the current Government was elected late in 2020, there has been an increasing trend to use the Maori language where
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Graham Adams There is a lot of funding and influence riding on successfully casting indigenous knowledge as equal to science. Graham Adams says the debate over the NCEA science syllabus is only the tip of an iceberg. Anyone trying to get a grip on the matauranga Maori debate over the
Lindsay Mitchell bassettbrashandhide.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. She has authored numerous reports for Family First and the NZBR, and had articles published in the New Zealand Herald, Dominion Post, the Listener and various other publications. In 2016 the government provided you, the
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Earlier this month, writing in the New Zealand Herald, Anne Gibson reported that the Prime Minister had said that the Government is “determined to address housing affordability” and
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments. It was hard not to be moved by the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu two weeks ago. The tributes
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments. In a memorable line a few months ago, ACT’s leader, David Seymour said he thought Jacinda Ardern belonged
