Have you ever heard of doom scrolling or doom surfing? Wikipedia describes it as “the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of negative news online. In 2019, a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that doomscrolling can be linked to a decline in
Winston Peters has truly thrown the cat among the pigeons by challenging the foundational myth of “Aotearoa-New Zealand”: magic Maoridom and “indigeneity”. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters told supporters at a public meeting in Nelson on Sunday that Maori are “not indigenous”. “Here’s the rub if you are
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Christopher Luxon was in Queenstown on Thursday (September 7) and made a few announcements about tourism, as you would expect
I was considering voting for ACT at the election. Maybe I still will, but I have to admit, David Seymour’s recent antics have made me think twice. The election is now only a few weeks away. If voting mirrors the current polling in any way, we should have a
On Sunday Winston Peters said the unthinkable in New Zealand politics, daring to say that Maori are not indigenous. Maoris’ own oral history tells us they are not indigenous and in fact that they are fellow immigrants and may be the first colonisers. Christopher Luxon, who thinks he’s the
In my last article I was somewhat critical of National for its strategies and some of its policies not being sufficiently in tune with its core voter base. That was not to detract from the fact that a National/ACT coalition will form the next Government. One thing I think
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com The battlelines have been drawn.
Last week was a perfect storm of polling disasters for the Labour Party. It started with the Roy Morgan poll, the The Post poll, then Talbot Mills (Labour’s own pollster) and finally the Taxpayers’ Union poll. All saying the same thing: Labour’s support has cratered from the 2020
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com There’s something very sinister going on at the Ministry for the Environment. Quite possibly with encouragement from Minister David
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
No, let’s (not) talk about sex, baby (as sung by Salt-N-Pepa). Let’s talk about cosy three-party coalition deals after the 14 October election. And Mr Luxon better take heed of what the polls are revealing. I was not surprised by one, largely overlooked, aspect of the polling for
Claire Trevett, if her article in the Weekend Herald is anything to go by, seems to think Labour are still in the game. I hate to give her the bad news re Chippie, but the chips are down and the man and his party are gone-burgers. She says the days
The 8-point personal pledge card released by Christopher Luxon reads like a Captain’s Call. We have had enough of ill-thought-out and ignorant ‘Captain’s Calls’ from the regime of the “be kind” patronising leader of the Labour Government and we surely do not want to go down that path
It is very tough for a government to win re-election when two-thirds of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction. But that is exactly where Chris Hipkins’s Labour Party finds itself: between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Nearly two-thirds of New Zealand voters think
