While I personally am not yet convinced, it does seem increasingly likely that Winston and New Zealand First could well be a part of the next government. While that gives me cause for some trepidation it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that there are gains to be had
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com During a recent political ‘debate’ between Labour and National leaders, one quick-fire question was: Do you think people with legitimate vaccine injuries should get compensation? Being doctors, this question caught our attention. First, we wondered what a ‘legitimate’ vaccine injury was.
Let me preface this opinion piece by saying that I know Matt King of DemocracyNZ. I have on several occasions met his wife, and his parents. They are all good, honest, reliable, hard-working people. As, of course, is Matt. Matt King is the hardest working MP and aspiring MP that
Chris Trotter Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with 30 years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz WHAT HAS CHRIS BISHOP SEEN that has so unhinged him? Why would National’s Campaign Manager, whose party is currently attracting
Ross Smith As a frequent non-status quo political participant, I too have been a wasted vote denier before. My belief in the past was a hardened view of the virtue of sticking with my political choice all the way to the bitter end. After all, some say, “The only wasted
Phil Green It was a big day for the BFD when the amazing Guy Hatchard revealed the news that he’d finally got that ‘Gotcha!’ moment when he revealed through OIAs that the Ministry of Health had permitted themselves over 11,000 exemptions from the Covid vaccine. There’s a
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
I am a surgical specialist in a provincial hospital in New Zealand. I was forced against my will by Ardern, Hipkins and Bloomfield to have three mRNA jabs to keep my job. I have a mortgage and a family to provide for. I left it as late as possible but
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. bassettbrashandhide.com Despite the well-documented failures of the Ardern-Hipkins government — whether in health, law and order, education or homelessness — it has been extraordinarily successful in one particular area. That is, the stealthy
The National Party and Labour Party have followed Act’s lead and attacked NZ First and Winston Peters in the final week of the campaign. The desperation is palpable. Now David Seymour has re-issued his threat to sit on the cross-benches and dictate what goes through the house or not.
Winston Peters must be laughing all the way to election day by now, as first Act, then National and now Labour have all run attacks against him. All this is doing is highlighting just how powerful Winston Peters could become. Labour’s attack ad released on Sunday covertly signals to
By October of 1974 Mott the Hoople had four hit albums in America and completed a very successful tour – including a week-long ‘residency’ at Madison Square Garden – where every concert was sold out. But it was taking a toll on Mott frontman, Ian Hunter: he was under enormous pressure to
Although I voted on the second day of advanced voting, I am still watching the entire election campaign with great interest. This election is about swinging voters, and also the large number of ‘undecided’ voters that the polls continue to throw up. That makes it interesting. It is possible that
