BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the ACT Party: The BFD. Source:ACT party Facebook page The
Last week I wrote a post in regard to a recent announcement from Acting Superintendent Gini Welch that the NZ Police would now be operating a zero-tolerance speed limit breach policy permanently. In that post, I looked at some of the thinking behind the Police’s sudden urge to
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I was recently struck by a young graduate who told me that in all her years at school and at university, where she gained a Master’s degree, no less, she had never been introduced to the subject known to slightly older folk as History. Her revelation was in response
While browsing on the Stuff website I came across an article by Andrea Vance. It had an intriguing headline- She’s not a doll, so don’t call the Prime Minister Cindy. Andrea commenced her article with a comparison with Margaret Thatcher which initially took me somewhat by surprise. I
Andrea Vance writing for Stuff implores us to stop using the diminutive “Cindy” when referring to the PM. Ardern hates it, so that should be reason enough to desist with the derogatory name-calling, right? Vance says it’s okay to lengthen names, citing “Auntie Helen,” but it’s not
Sommer Kapitan Auckland University of Technology “Kia ora, everyone. I’m standing against a blank wall in my house – because it’s the only view in my house that is not messy.” So begins a 2020 campaign message posted by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She speaks directly into
Election Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Even the politicians look tired as the campaign kicks off – again Audrey Young (Herald): How parties are relighting the campaign spark (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Taxing decisions on debt for the big parties NZIER: Why are Labour and National policies basically the same? Mark Quinlivan (Newshub)
If you look up synonyms for the words wonky or wacky in the Thesaurus it’s surprising how many you could apply to Winston in various forms. Most of them he would, in his view, probably find not very complimentary. It is fair to say that over his long parliamentary
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Information Satire I couldn’t help noticin’ that the RED QUEEN has been ‘ INCREDIBLY SULKY’ lately. Last week it was STUFF-UPS at the border for NOT ENOUGH testing, this week it is STUFF-UPS in West and South Auckland for TOO MUCH testing. I have my suspicions that the
