We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an
Rotorua Council’s Maori ward restructure has been halted after the Attorney-General deemed it discriminatory to non-Maori. The Government is trying to save face by calling it a mere “pause” to the Bill but according to Hobson’s Pledge in reality this is a comprehensive win. Technically, Parliament’s rules
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Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Warning Long Read. 1780 words. It’s been obvious to all but the most panicked and fearful that the foolishness of the last couple of years has worn itself out. Even apologists for the Labour Government’s authoritarian actions earlier in the shamdemic are critiquing
Warning Long Read. 1326 words. Having recently returned from Queensland, where life felt blessedly normal with very few masks in evidence, it was something of a shock to return here to the continuation of the mask-erade. At a dinner to catch up with three friends. “No way am I going
Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and
The government has lost yet another case in the High Court, this time over the cruel lottery of misery they foisted on New Zealand citizens returning that they called MIQ. The Grounded Kiwis have succeeded in their historic case against the MIQ system. Justice Jillian Mallon released her decision this
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Chaz Forsyth President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc The Sporting Shooters Association would like to draw your attention to another example of Police overreach and overkill – this time on shooting ranges. They have issued a 50-page document on the proposed new regulations. A document authored by an external
