Our ‘impartial’ Speaker was working overtime during Question Time in the House on Tuesday. As usual it was Ardern he was running interference for; but this time it was by proxy – in the form of Winston Peters. Gerry Brownlee was having a fine time playing off the comments of Shane
The NZ First “handbrake” is working again. I wrote a few weeks ago that Stuart Nash was overly confident about getting his anti-shooter bill passed, and voila!, NZ First is holding it up: The Labour party is struggling to get support to pass a new gun law as NZ
[…] The pop star has various images inked onto his face, including the phrases “always tired” and “stay away”, along with more body art over his hands, arms and other parts of his skin. After debuting a “brutal” new face tattoo in late 2019, Post Malone has spoken out about why
One of the more odious facts of Offence Culture is that it doesn’t necessarily require anyone to be actually offended. Least of all the supposed “targets” of the alleged “offence”. The gimlet-eyed inquisitors of Offence Culture are always ready to be “offended” on someone else’s behalf. Josh
Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he
The NZ Herald has censored an ad placed with them by COLFO. They refused to publish photos of children taking part in a healthy and active legal sport with one or more family members. A sport that brings families together, moreover, and that puts food on the table. I am
I wonder if today’s face of the day Stuart Nash, the Minister of Police, has yet realised that he is letting the Police Hierarchy screw up his career? Question 11 – David Seymour to the Minister of Police from New Zealand Parliament on Vimeo. Hmm… this video reminds me of
Well, you have to hand it to Jacinda Ardern – if nothing else, she’s succeeded in (however briefly), uniting Australia’s government and opposition. United in telling her to shove off and keep her bratty yap shut. At issue, in case you haven’t been reading The BFD for the
Questions to Ministers TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Finance: He aha nga ripoata hou kua kitea e ia mo te ohanga o Aotearoa? Translation: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? 2. Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her
The clown show over Labour’s promised light-rail plan continues, with a three-way split developing amongst the governing parties. The Government is splitting three ways on plans for Auckland light rail as the saga heads to its endgame phase. Labour Ministers are erring towards signing New Zealand up
When Helen Clark and Michael Cullen introduced Kiwisaver in 2007, the best thing about the scheme was that it was independent of government interference. Sure, contributions are collected by IRD, along with other payroll deductions if you are an employee, but the contributions are then transferred to your fund untouched.
Jacinda Ardern appears to have a split personality and it is not serving her or her country well. In Australia, Ardern decided to take a bull in a china shop approach with Scott Morrison. Someone needs to school her on the art of diplomacy as, along with wrapping fish and
George Open letter to the Prime Minister: Last night I witnessed you commenting on New Zealand’s first known case of the Covid-19 virus. You were at pains to promote the success of this intervention as an example of your Government’s readiness and competence to handle such an
