Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. This Government has a problem with urgency. Critics from both left and right have long complained about their
Now that the Government’s draconian segregation of the vaccinated from the unvaccinated has been rammed through under urgency in just 24 hours we will start to see a burgeoning black market of people seeking to cater for the new Untermenschen that Jacinda Ardern has created. The problem the Government
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David Seymour ACT Leader The Government yesterday made it illegal for businesses to display signs saying all staff are fully vaccinated – a result of its rushed COVID laws. This was clearly a mistake by the Government given ACT has obtained draft signage from the Ministry of Health prepared for businesses
In seven days, the Government intends to move the Country into the traffic light system, but Grant Robertson is still refusing to reveal the details on how Business Financial Support will work, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. When asked today about some of the vague definitions he has
Yesterday’s move by the Reserve Bank to raise the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% is what most commentators were picking given the worrying direction that the cost of living has taken, says National Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “Kiwis across New Zealand will have noticed
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities Last week I and my Rural Caucus Colleagues Louise Upston and Maureen Pugh called out the Government’s abysmal, and frankly unacceptable neglect of rural New Zealand’s connectivity needs. It is ridiculous that tens of
Business of the Day is a new segment on The BFD where we promote businesses who have the strength of character to stand up for the basic human rights of their fellow human beings. For the past few months, we have been navigating our way through the ever-changing rules and
Wherever there’s a pile of government money, there’s a blowfly-like swarm of rent-seekers, grifters and cronies. Right now, there’s a massive pile of government money lying out in the sun, stinking to high heaven and buzzing with greedy scavengers. That pile of money is “green investment”. And
That the Prime Minister can’t answer even basic questions about her Government’s traffic light system is cause for major concern, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. When asked what the criteria were for moving from one traffic light colour to another, the Prime Minister was unable to
Of all the deviations from common sense being committed by this apology for a government we’ve inflicted on ourselves, the latest has been the deliberate attempt to denigrate our long-established and widely respected international brand name, New Zealand, by prefixing it with the mythical Maori term, Aotearoa. What this
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Sundance theconservativetreehouse.com A very interesting interview with Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Association. During a House Transportation Committee hearing on supply chain issues, CEO Chris Spear shares an internal survey showing that 37% of truck drivers “not only said no, but said hell no” to
I watched the Groundswell protest in Westport this weekend. Westport is a small place, and didn’t even run a Groundswell protest last time. But this time, they were there in spades… tractors, trucks, utes, even large articulated vehicles from the local carrier. And the best part was the support
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David Seymour ACT Leader While people ask whether the Government will ‘let’ Auckland go to Alert Level 3 Step 3, a better approach is to cast off the Stockholm Syndrome and ask why hairdressers and hospitality should stay shut. The restrictions are not there to help social cohesion. People follow
