Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The crime wave in New Zealand is out of control, ranging from youths stealing cars and ram-raiding businesses to street violence, and we have had enough. Gangs are running rampant, emboldened by Labour’s soft-on-crime approach. Since Labour took office in 2017, gang numbers have
Lindsay Mitchell 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 commission and exhibits
Will he be deported? An Auckland-based Ola rideshare driver who indecently assaulted two young female customers on separate occasions lost his bid for permanent name suppression today after a judge expressed shock he hasn’t yet told his family or the operators of a religious-based school – whose property he lives
familyfirst.org.nz A poll has found that just 16% of New Zealanders oppose bringing back the ‘Three Strikes’ law which was recently repealed by the Labour Government with the support of the Greens and Te Pati Maori. The nationwide poll of 1,000 New Zealanders was commissioned by Family
Simon Black Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Sovereign Letters, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom, more opportunity and more
I’ve asked it before, and now I have to ask it again: is it time to spit on teachers? Of course not: like all rhetorical questions, I ask merely for effect. To make a point. And the point is this: the churches have been (rightly) held to account for
dailytelegraph.co.nz THIS MONTH MARKS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S MOST ENDURING MURDER MYSTERIES – THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NAPIER SCHOOLGIRL KIRSA JENSEN. Fourteen-year-old Kirsa went missing while riding her horse Commodore after school along the beachfront in Awatoto, Napier, on 1 September 1983. Her disappearance sparked
Lindsay Mitchell 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 commission and exhibits
The World Bowls Championship is currently on in Australia. But for Kiwi lawn bowler (and NZ pairs champion) Andrew Kelly (35) the game switched codes briefly on Friday, when he got to tackle an offender running from the police – a change from the normally sedate sport. “You could hear sirens
Alpesh Bhudia Darren Hurley-Smith Royal Holloway University of London Anna Cartwright Oxford Brookes University Edward Cartwright De Montfort University theconversation.com In May 2023, the Dallas City Government was hugely disrupted by a ransomware attack. Ransomware attacks are so-called because the hackers behind them encrypt vital data and demand a
As I reported recently, Greek police have raided a commercial surrogacy clinic in Crete, arresting staff and taking newborn babies into protective custody. Initial reporting in the Australian media focused almost exclusively on the “desperate” surrogate parents — many Australian — who were being “cruelly” denied the “happy” arrival of their “healthy
In case anyone is in any doubt, the PC stands for Police Constables and not Politically Correct. Thanks to this Labour Government there are probably too many of the latter already. I’m not suggesting police want to be PC but I am somewhat suspicious of the guidelines under which
I wish politicians would look out for miners And not just minors on an island somewhere Oliver Anthony, Rich Men North of Richmond Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond is making US chart history — the first artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com Last week English neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. The attacks took place between June 2015 and June 2016 in a ward for
