Who cares? If you were able to watch it, you probably need a rethink about your state of mind and perhaps should consider counselling. I tried to do my civic duty by tuning in. I lasted almost thirty seconds watching the highly affectatious introduction from the arm-waving host with the
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. democracyproject.nz The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is
The latest 1News/Verian Poll is out and Labour’s poll disaster continues. This is now the eighth poll in a row showing them being bundled out in a blood bath. National has shed a bit of support too, but that is entirely consistent with normal polling patterns. National and
Christine Braid Massey University theconversation.com If it wins the election, the National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write. Part of this education overhaul includes a pledge to require the teaching of “structured literacy” in all year 0-6 classrooms. For many in
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Chrises squabbled about who gets how much of the pie, without articulating a vision for growing it. The Chrises went back and forth over issues which are very real to hardworking New Zealanders, without spelling out what real change would look like. That is
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Istvan The “wasted vote” is a concept that keeps popping up as we approach election day. I have had my own struggles with it and have come up with three conclusive thoughts: One. In my mind – even if I bring it down to the purely strategic (tactical?) level – it presents
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Back in 2017, when New Zealand’s economy was being described as a “rock star”, the opposition Labour Party railed against the role being played by immigration. Figures at the time showed that under National, annual net migration had grown from just 5,000 in
Desperation is a stinky cologne, but now it’s all that Labour has got. They certainly can’t stand on their record, as they’ve achieved precious little other than a sea of red ink on the country’s balance sheet. All they’ve got is relentless negativity; the Nasty
One of the reasonings behind MMP was the widening of democracy; it went something like ‘a new party or parties will emerge because so many people are sick of the Tweedledum and Tweedledee status quo, they will take hold, and a new political era will dawn’. It was all going
Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com It’s General Election time – and because we operate under an MMP mixed-member proportional voting system, the concept of the “wasted vote” always comes up in discussion. Generally, the statement is thrown around, something along the lines of, “If your vote is wasted, it goes to
Labour’s campaign chairperson, Megan Woods, says they can turn the polls around in time for the election. Apparently she is satisfied with how they are going, despite seven polls in ten days telling these dolts that the game is up. Labour’s campaign chairperson said the party can turn
The good(?) ship Labour is heading for the rocks. There’s a tidal wave approaching and it is expected to hit on October 14. This is currently the big story for journalists and they are painfully aware of it. No matter how much bias they cook up, no matter how
David Seymour ACT Party Leader New Zealand is at a constitutional crossroad. In one direction is liberal democracy. In the other is co-government; power-sharing between one ethnic group and all others. ACT will end co-government and restore universal human rights in New Zealand. The current government is presenting New Zealanders
