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
Yesterday saw a disgraceful degradation of democracy when the Police moved to try and shift peaceful protesters from Parliament’s forecourt after Speaker Trevor Mallard channelled his inner fascist and sent in the Police. When the Government pummels you with propaganda, coerces you to be vaccinated, mandates you out of
You have taken my career and my freedoms but we have levelled up now that you are coming after my kids. My 18-year-old couldn’t join the army! My 17-year-old can’t get his restricted licence! My 15-year-old can’t go on a school camp with her friends! Kids have
As I keep saying, they will never let us be free again, if they can help it. “They” being the cabal of politicians and bureaucrats, and their media camp-followers, who’ve gotten a taste for absolute power, thanks to the pandemic, that they’re in no mood to relinquish. Remember
Canberra is a special kind of place. “Special”, in the sense of the sort of “very special” people the Hallmark channel makes teary melodramas about. In the sense that we don’t let Canberrans play with the sharp scissors. Of course, as they never tire of telling you, Canberra has
As Australian comedian Celeste Barber found out the hard way, when people donate to a specific cause, the money has to go to that cause alone. Redirecting the funds elsewhere is called “fraud”. Which, as it happens, is a crime. Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe likes to make up its own rules
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Guy Hatchard PhD hatchardreport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food testing and certification company (now known as FoodChain ID) Information Opinion Where Do Ardern’s Policies Originate? Ardern’s Covid policies have enjoyed the uncritical support of NZ legacy media. Large
At a local school recently I saw the honours board for the student demonstrating the most “Sportsmanship and Resilience”. The wording is relevant in the time of a prime minister who continues to refer to us as a team. She has, it seems, little comprehension or understanding of team or
Guy Hatchard PhD hatchardreport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food testing and certification company (now known as FoodChain ID) Information Opinion Our island nation has a remarkable history of both tolerance and morality. We are far away from most of the
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz On Sunday I took my family to one of the motorway overbridges to take a look at the Convoy protestors passing by. I was pleased to see other happy Kiwis and their kids flying New Zealand flags, holding anti mandate and pro-freedom signs, laughing and
People fall prey to scams all the time. We all know someone dudded in some form of scam, whether it is Nigerian ‘419’ style scams, catfishing of sad and lonely older folks or Ponzi schemes. It is astonishing just how many people fall for these scams. What I am about
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Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. I arrived in Washington, DC early this week to provide testimony before the US Senate. Over two years into the pandemic, the city still feels muted. There’s fewer people, less
