There has been another data breach of firearms owners’ information, and it looks like there has been a cover-up as well. Newshub reports: Newshub can reveal firearms licences were among the personal data breached in the massive Tuia250 digital security failure and the Government kept it secret. The Opposition
Anyone arriving to NZ from any part of Italy will have to self-isolate for 14 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. […] NZ is still in the containment phase but if we move into the community outbreak phase, that’s when there could be cancellations of large events. NZ
Tracey Martin appears to either be dead set stupid or is continuing to troll Shane Jones and Winston Peters. We wrote about this earlier and even a ran a poll where 93% of respondents thought she was totally effin’ stupid. Well, she’s been at it again. Jones, a New
Shane Jones must be ecstatic about the ongoing accusations of racism. Barry Soper brings some perspective to the debate: Let’s get some perspective on what Jones actually said to Newshub’s The Nation. “If you want another million, two million, three million people, we should debate it and there
Certain happenings over the last few weeks on reflection make for interesting suppositions leading up to this years election in relation to the Labour and New Zealand First relationship. Perhaps the first thing to comment on is the current investigation by the SFO into donations to the NZ First Foundation.
Mike Hosking seems to be a regular reader of The BFD. He’s nailed it over what is happening with new gun laws. I can assure you in different circumstances the fact New Zealand First are now holding gun reform up would be major news. If for no other reason
New Zealanders better hope, for the sake of the trans-Tasman relationship, that Jacinda Ardern is not returned to the Prime Minister’s office this September. Of course, to re-elect or not the Ardern government is New Zealanders’ decision alone and will certainly – and rightly – be judged on everything
A few weeks back David Farrar revealed that there was a move against Manurewa MP Louisa Wall. Presumably because she has the same problem as Stuart Nash and Damien O’Connor: she drinks beer, plays rugby and roots sheilas. He was right about the move but wrong about what is
Editor’s Note: I can understand why the document referred to in this article has been leaked to social media. It reveals how the NZ Police are abusing powers given to them for another purpose to spy on ordinary New Zealanders doing ordinary, completely legal things. It gives me no
A member of the police commissioner’s Maori advisory panel is calling for the resignation of the chair of the Independent Police Complaints Authority for holding back a report on a senior officer. According to media reports in the weekend, the authority investigated a complaint against Deputy Commissioner Mike Clements
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A bit of crystal-ball gazing. Coming soon to a screen near you: The Ihumatao Fix, a must-watch. Containing fascinating elements of intrigue and chicanery not seen since ‘Dr Strangelove’, the ‘Fix’ has all the hallmarks of political manipulation and leverage more reminiscent of the Helen Clark era than
