Lindsay Mitchell bassettbrashandhide.com Lindsay Mitchell blogs here An ODT opinion piece recently parodied the rapid adoption of Maori names for government departments. It drew attention to the renaming of the Earthquake Commission as Toka Tu Ake EQC which apparently “reflects the whakapapa of our nation.” The name-change decision
One of the more prophetic pronouncements I’ve read in the last decade was conservative blogger David Robertson’s 2017 prediction of the exact slippery slope we are currently plummeting down. Robertson wrote that, after SSM, it would be Transgender and then the removal of gender altogether… this would then
lens.monash.edu Many Aussies won’t pass up the chance to argue about “potato cakes”, “scallops” or “fritters”. Spare a thought for the linguists. We just want everyone to get along and accept the beauty that is deep-fried potatoes – whatever you want to call them. We agree with
Phil Green Obviously the next best thing to being obsessed with whether Jacinda will or won’t visit Sandringham, we’re all exercised about the latest drip-fed scandal of the three/five/ALL waters imbroglio. And so we should, as it’s the greatest scandal to erupt on these
Information Opinion Air NZ is celebrating World Pride 2023 with free trips across the Tasman under the banner ‘Aniwaniwa i te rangi’ (rainbow in the sky) with a RuPaul Drag Race Down Under celebrity on board for entertainment. Clever marketing to capture two very fashionable groups in one hit – Maori
Today’s face of the day embraced a cultural identity only to discover that it bore little reality to his actual racial heritage. Sadly instead of embracing his British ancestry, he is upset by it. When I found out I was 85 per cent white and only 15 per cent
Speech by Kate Hannah, director, The Disinformation Project, delivered at New Zealand International Science Festival 2022: [Introduction, in Maori of course] At the conclusion of the 23-day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Prime Minister stated: “One day it will be our job to try and
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her high school education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology,
Lawrence W Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
Titus Gebel mises.org Titus Gebel is founder, President, and CEO of Free Private Cities, Inc. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law, and is the author of Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You. The battle for political supremacy in the West has been
Australia continues to revel in the diverse, vibrant tapestry of mass migration and capital-Multiculturalism. First we had the terror attacks, then the forced child marriages — now it’s time for the “honour” killings. A family accused of trying to kill a young Muslim woman in “an attempted honour killing”
As I’ve been reporting, the left are suddenly all a-Twitter about this week’s Current Thing: appalling domestic violence in Aboriginal communities. Yet, this horrifying state of affairs has been well known for years — for anyone who bothered to notice. But, as some Aboriginal Australians have dared to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I suspect most people were happy with the Peter Ellis Supreme Court verdict given some of the alleged victims’ stories were so obviously fantasy. Doubtless, they then thought no more about it. But underlying the verdict which had legal complications due to time lapses and
To fix a problem, you first have to acknowledge, truthfully, what it is. But for all the self-serving palaver from the likes of Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians, about “truth-telling”, there’s one brutal home truth that none of them will acknowledge. The systemic violence of Aboriginal
Carl Sagan famously asked, what is the difference between an invisible, incorporeal dragon that spits heatless fire, and no dragon at all? We might well ask the same of an “aggression” so small that it can’t be detected. If a slight is so tiny as to be literally “micro”
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments As a former Labour Minister of Arts and Culture I was shocked to hear that the Arts Council
