Whatever else you may read online this week, you MUST read the guest post on Kiwiblog by education advocate, Alwyn Poole: “When the government is incompetent or distracted.“ If you don’t get to read the whole post, at least ponder this extract: Although the exact words of Lincoln’s
The chortling from the left field of politics has extended from Wellington’s beltway now to the deep state of Washington DC with the apparent election of 77-year-old Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States. At this stage, I have to say “apparent” to guard against the long
The cross-over voters who joined diehard Labour voters in giving Jacinda Ardern’s incoming Labour Government the first-ever single-party majority since we saddled ourselves with MMP in 1996 may live to regret their short-sighted impetuosity. They may well get more than they bargained for. The 9-year Labour Government under Helen
The Labour Day holiday of 2020 prompts thoughts about what lies in store for our country’s immediate future following the landslide electoral success of a Labour government. What are the implications for Kiwis as they contemplate the likely consequences of three more years of social, economic and political tinkering
Correction An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the party vote for Labour in Papakura as 16,363, which was the candidate vote for Judith Collins. The correct party vote for Labour was 12,822. At the outset, let me make my political preference clear. Since I took a
Consider this rubbish printed as an op-ed on one of its editorial pages by the New Zealand Herald, a newspaper once rated our country’s best: “We are fast running out of time to meaningfully address climate change and the other devastating impacts of mining on freshwater and ecosystems. We
With most of the commentariat describing it as a COVID-19 election, and a mostly compliant news media warmed by Government funding of $50 million to show Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a favourable light, this question may be seen as churlish, but it needs to be asked: has Miss Ardern
The motivations and tactics of an ultra-wealthy minority bent on governing the world have been laid bare in Climate Hustle 2, a film just released on-line. What began in 1968 as the Club of Rome with a campaign to limit world population growth, found in 1988 that they could use
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tenara koutou katoa! Nga mihi nui kia koutou! (Hello you, hello you, hello you all. Huge greetings to you). I am writing this on the last day of the 2020 observance of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week) which just happens to coincide
Terry Dunleavy is 91 years young and was a journalist before his career took him into the wine industry as inaugural CEO of the Wine Institute of New Zealand and his leading role in the development of wine as a new export industry now our country’s sixth most valuable,
