Wendy Geus Judith really set the cat among the pigeons this week when she opposed the separatist health policy proposed by the government, culminating in her well-received keynote speech on Saturday. Good on her: race-based policy is a bad idea. Newshub’s inflammatory response: ‘Judith Collins has hit the big
National Party: “Separatism” and He Puapua Matthew Hooton (Herald): Judith Collins’ speech raises important issues for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Ardern in the gun over He Puapua Luke Malpass (Stuff): Judith Collins issues race relations warning, says Labour planning ‘two systems by stealth’ Tracy Watkins
Journalists love to talk a good game about “speaking truth to power”, but it’s an obvious lie. Journalists – at least, in the mainstream media – are in the business of speaking lies for the powerful. This isn’t just a conspiracy theory: it’s a stated fact. Media leaders are
Now I know how the left feel whenever they get someone cancelled. Maybe. Not, I should hasten to add, that I delude myself that I had any hand in the matter, nor, for that matter, would I have wanted the cancellation – or postponement as it really is – to happen. I’
One of the most cutting scenes in Dickens’ Oliver Twist is when the thin, ragged boy tremulously asks for more gruel. The master, “a fat, healthy man” is outraged. As are the board of the workhouse, “eight or ten fat gentlemen” who are almost suffocating in their fake piety. There’
David Seymour MP for Epsom, ACT Leader You may see a story in the Herald this morning about me having an interest in property. While sensationalized, the story is substantially accurate. I thought I should give you a clear picture of the facts (for your own benefit and in case
Failed editor, hard-left writer, and cycling aficionado Simon Wilson tweeted a Rod Emmerson cartoon from the NZ Herald: Oh we all laughed and chortled with Simon Wilson…until one of our moderators spat in Wilson’s coffee with some facts: It is as clear cut a case of plagiarism as
19 APRIL 2021 * HON NANAIA MAHUTA Foreign Affairs Speech to the NZCC 8.30 am, 19 April 2021 “He Taniwha He Tipua, He Tipua He Taniwha – The Dragon and the Taniwha” Korihi Po, Korihi Ao E rongo e turia no Matahau No Tu te winiwini, No Tu te wanawana Tu
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Housing crisis Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government’s fix for its housing problems are just a game of whack-a-mole (paywalled) Amelia Wade (Newshub): Even if house prices fell 20 percent, three-quarters of renters still couldn’t afford one Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Govt crunches numbers to reveal property investors’ incomes Vita Molyneux
The latest findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public are well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’
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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
In news that should surprise absolutely no one, this year’s Oscars drew record-low audiences. In fact, the only real surprise is that they drew an audience at all. The Oscars have faced plummeting ratings for years, but this year they still fell further by an astonishing 60%. Apparently one
