As Aboriginal activist Jacinta Nampinjinpa Price has commented, “cultural practices” is used to paper over all manner of abuses within the Aboriginal community. “Aboriginal male perpetrators have got away with their crimes based on the argument that they were operating within their culture’s confines.” Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton agrees
In his history of 1970s leftist terrorism, Days of Rage, Bryan Burroughs writes that, “the most startling thing…is how thoroughly it has been forgotten”. There were nearly 2000 bombings in the U.S. in 1972 alone. This is not a history taught in schools or ever mentioned by a
Press Release: National Party The Government’s soft on crime approach has led to almost 1400 more people joining gangs since it took office and is deeply concerning, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. “Since October 2017, the number of patched gang members has increased by 26 per cent.
Reset the clock, folks: yet another hate-crime hoax has been added to the ever-growing list of hate-that-never-happened. Hoax-not-hate seems set to become the fastest-growing industry in President Trump’s booming economy. Which shouldn’t surprise anyone with a rudimentary grasp of economics: the American left’s demand for racism far
The place where our law is conceived is overseen by possibly the most biased speaker we can remember, making me wonder: Is anything immune from this government’s failings? “Question Time is an important opportunity for the Opposition to criticise the Government and there is pressure on the Speaker to
A Tesla Model S police car in Fremont, California, reportedly ran low on power last week during the pursuit of a suspect vehicle, forcing officers to abandon the chase in search of a place to charge the car. The last thing a police officer trying to chase down a suspect
No-one knows what to do with Mohyadin Farah, a Somali who came here as a refugee with a history of sexually assaulting women. He’s been to jail, been in psychiatric care and even been considered for removal from the country. Nothing has worked. Now that is hardly a true
New Plymouth traffic offenders must be loving the fact that the Taranaki town’s boys in blue have gone a bit soft. Not only are they being let off for clear traffic infringements, they are being given a bbq’d snag in bread lovingly prepared for them by the good
If you’ve been watching the newest season of the excellent crime drama, Mindhunter, you might have noticed Holden Ford playing a record of Charles Manson’s recordings. The recordings in question were a series of demos Manson recorded in the summer of 1968, released in 1970 as The Love
Tova O’Brien seems to have fallen out of love with Jacinda Ardern. Newshub was one of the media outlets to publish the sex scandal story, so it makes sense that they would be sympathetic towards the victim of this latest debacle. Everyone should have some sympathy for the victims.
Over at Kiwiblog, David Farrar has written a succinct account about what it would take to believe that Jacinda Ardern did not know about the alleged sexual assault carried out by a member of her most trusted staff, and the list really does make it hard to believe that Jacinda
Newstalk ZB audio from two days ago on the 10th of September. It is interesting to see that half of what Hooten said has transpired. Let’s hope he’s wrong about the rest! https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.10-17.45.00-S.mp3 Matthew: …this
Transcript starts at 8:04. Transcribers note: Jacinda Ardern’s demeanour in this interview is noticeably different from previous interviews with Mike Hosking. She is clearly uncomfortable discussing the subject, her words are terse, her sentences clipped and she is speaking more quickly than usual at the start. Notes in
Does anyone remember Hogan’s Heroes? Barry Soper does. He has likened our much loved prime minister to Sergeant Schultz of Hogan’s Heroes… that esteemed German officer who said repeatedly, particularly in a crisis – “I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing”. If you have listened to Jacinda
Dear Prime Minister, We are a group of Labour party members who are writing to you to urge you to immediately take action regarding the allegations of repeated sexual assaults, harassment and predatory behaviour by one of your staff, who is a member of the Labour Party, as detailed in
