David Seymour is currently on the radio telling listeners to ignore promises made by politicians. This is a strange thing for a politician to say, particularly as ACT has a considerable manifesto containing a large number of policies it will be hoping to get past National – and possibly New Zealand
nzcovidresponse.substack.com Many countries saw a deferral to a very small group of un-elected, often academic, experts dominating, advising and lobbying politicians on the Covid response in the early days of 2020. The danger of this is summed up in President Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address, where he famously
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Linda Mussell Jessica Niurangi Maclean University of Canterbury theconversation.com The promise to “get tough on youth crime” is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders – despite a lot of evidence that such approaches do
Phil Green Today (Monday 2nd) I listened to David Seymour on the NewstalkZB segment with Jamie MacKay, where Jamie does a brilliant bi-partisan job each week giving time for politicians to say their piece. He gives airtime to Chris Hipkins, Damien O’Connor, Chris Luxon, Seymour, Winston Peters and Shane
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Government was elected with 50 per cent of the vote three years ago, but current opinion polls show
Two weeks out from a general election and major parties are dropping like stones in the polls while small parties rise: NZ First hitting the magic 5% as Cam Slater predicted. MSM are doing their very best, but failing, to convince voters whom to vote for. Support for parties at
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The same day that New Zealanders vote in the General Election to choose a new government, Australians vote in the Voice referendum to see whether constitutional recognition will be given to Aboriginal people. This is a landmark decision for Australia. If the Voice succeeds, the
There has been a huge fuss in the media, especially from Newshub who have led the news two days in a row with the manufactured issue of The Press Debate. Labour stupidly called Christopher Luxon a ‘chicken’, despite the fact that it was Hipkins who bailed on the debate. Worse
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As the election draws ever closer so does the bond between the Labour Party and their media luvvies. The journalists are so unprofessional they don’t even try to hide it. Any little chink they can find in Luxon’s armour and they’re like flies around a rancid leg
Michael Bassett 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 bassettbrashandhide.com Without so much as batting an eyelid, Chris Hipkins told an audience on Saturday that there had been “more
Coercion to achieve ‘equity’ has failed. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…it’s a duck, or in Labour’s case, it’s a separatist agenda. I reference Labour’s two-tiered system of governance based on race. It is something the country at large was
Phil Green I don’t know about David Seymour’s wish for a four-year parliamentary cycle because considering the excitement and fuss generated within the past month, this is something I haven’t experienced since I was ten. Every three years is good enough for me, thank you very much,
