Talk of private property rights is usually the stuff of law journals and academics and receives little public attention. Like many things in life, it is only when something is taken away that you really come to appreciate it. New Zealand has seen a worrying erosion of private property rights
I use public transport. I won’t bore you with the details as I am not a Green Party supporter or a pink-haired urban liberal harbouring a contagious social agenda – which is, in fact, the same thing. There are not that many pink-haired urban liberals on public transport. They tend
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com According to John Tamihere, who has regrettably in my view taken the Maori Party down a full-blown victimhood track: Maori make up 60% of the prison population in New Zealand Women’s’ Prisons alone. “We are the most incarcerated indigenous population in the world. This
This is a Government that is not fit for purpose. This is a Government which even the man who installed them recently said were not up to it. This is a Government whose Ministers have failed badly in virtually all of their portfolios. This is a Government that relies on
Oh my, it seems like my good friend Brian Edwards is thinking of voting National this election. He posted this on Facebook: ON THINKING OF DOING THE UNTHINKABLE As Judy and I saunter up Shelly Beach Road in Herne Bay each morning, on our way to morning coffee in Ponsonby,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Zealand and America have elections scheduled for November. Both countries are dealing with a covid crisis, in America’s case for a number of reasons, of far greater dimension than ours. But compare the media coverage. In America it’s almost totally about the
Lee Seabrook-Suckling asiamediacentre.org.nz The COVID-19 lockdowns in New Zealand have thrown a spanner in the works for face-to-face political campaigning. How are Asian New Zealand politicians reaching their audiences? Asia Media Centre reports on the challenges and opportunities on voter engagement in our Asian Kiwi communities, complimenting new
Press Release: ACT Party “The Ministry of Health’s opaque process for Auckland travel exemptions is suffocating local businesses,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government needs to be open and transparent about how efficiently the process is working. “How many applications for exemptions have been received, approved and declined?
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Judith Collins in her recent opinion piece on Stuff on her proposed border agency, “Tough Times calls for Tough measures” humorously said maybe the government thinks the origin of the coronavirus disease was caused by an “immaculate infection“. The witty phrase was invented (I understand) by list MP, Nicola Willis
Willie Jackson has leapt to the defence of Jacinda Ardern after she was excoriated by Mike Hosking on Tuesday. Bizarrely, he has suggested that though the government welcomes scrutiny it really only wants “reasonable” scrutiny. Labour MP Willie Jackson has hit out at “shock jock” Mike Hosking after the Newstalk
This Government welcomes reasonable scrutiny! But that’s not what Mike Hosking was doing with Jacinda this morning on ZB. His framing of every issue he challenged Jacinda on was skewed towards the most negative possible assessment of her intentions. Hosking began by trying to blame the pandemic on the
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