Today’s face of the day Green MP and Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter will not be very happy at the news that New Zealand’s hand brake has done it again. The Government’s headline policy to cut the price of electric vehicles by up to $8000
When Celeste Barber was making mocking pastiches of celebrity Instagram photos, it was funny and fresh. The problem, though, is that it made Barber a minor celebrity in her own right, and, like all celebrities, she has proceeded to use her fleeting moment in the C-grade sun as a
“Anti-racism” is the founding conceit of the modern left. The contemporary left was founded in the 1960s and its great bugaboo was not, as Bryan Burrough shows in his Days of Rage, the Vietnam War or any of the other guff ageing Boomers congratulate themselves on, it was the
Now that the people charged have been named after name suppression was withdrawn it is the worst of possible outcomes for National. Now we can see the tip of a rather large mountain of dung that is threatening to topple over and bury the Simon Bridges-led National party. They
As Karl du Fresne wrote recently, former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is a “leading global figurehead” of the new, leftist ruling class. This ruling class is, as du Fresne notes, hypocritical and decidedly totalitarian: They have a decidedly prudish streak when it comes to alcohol and think the
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (on behalf of the Fair and Reasonable Campaign) The latest letter from our lawyers to Police Minister Stuart Nash is well worth a read. The formatted PDF copy of the letter is available below, but I have copied the text below FYI.
The Coalition’s Minister for Hate Speech, as I have come to think of Andrew Little, had the following exchange yesterday in parliament. Shockingly, Andrew Little appears to be more in favour of free speech than National MP Nick Smith Question No. 6—Justice 6. Hon Dr NICK SMITH (National—
Wow! Who knew how powerful Cameron Slater has become? PM John Key used to be his puppet now it’s Deputy PM Winston Peters and PM Jacinda Ardern. #worlddomination
Press Release: Jami-Lee Ross Statement of Jami-Lee Ross 19 February 2020 Just like donations to political parties, the justice system should be open and transparent. That is what I believe and have sought. Until now, however, I have been unable to make a public statement regarding these allegations,
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has used social media to speak directly to NZ First supporters. His video addresses: * Recent allegations * The campaign against New Zealand First by an RNZ journalist * Racing reform and racing policy * National Party’s “candidates for foreign donations” scandal Transcript: Since late last year,
What’s particularly remarkable about the political left, these days especially is the extent of their conceit and self-delusion. The left are utterly convinced that they, and they alone, are on the side of “good”, the “right side of history”. In Jim Goad’s words, “The modern left’s
Pete George (yes I know none of you has ever heard of him) likes to pretend that he has a higher standard of ethics than other bloggers. But here is just a sample of the kinds of comments that he allows on his tumbleweed blog site, where ex commenters from
Paula Bennett has gone full retard, standing there before the cameras looking quite manic and upstaging her own leader’s keynote speech. Don’t believe me? Watch for yourself. Paula Bennett taking the high moral ground on ethics is like a prostitute campaigning for virginity. This is the woman who
