Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In New Zealand last year, Maori babies under 3 months old were five times more likely than others to be placed into state care. And, of the 6,429 children in state custody, 69 per cent were Maori. Some Maori luminaries claim this shocking state
The NZ media were ‘In like Flynn’ attacking the US Ambassador for ‘refusing’ self-isolation at the border on his return home from his recent US trip. Stuff headline: “Scott Brown dodges managed isolation“. Massive shortfalls in border testing, revealed by trusty Newshub journalists (note, never TVNZ) have gone largely
It is interesting how she calls it a “Face covering” rather than a mask at the end, (a bit of truth leaking out there). Realistically it is a signal of compliance with the government dictates, not something that can actually function in the way that real surgical mask functions.
Information Satire The Empress has no clothes someone tell her. I couldn’t help notic’ that on Tuesday’s AM show the corners of the RED QUEEN’S mouth were down, rather than up like they usually are. She was asked if there had been ‘STUFF-UPS’ at the border
This may sound like an attempt to slaughter the sacred cow but it is a genuine attempt to discuss changes in pronunciation and the new phrases that familiarize us with a particular ideology. This week I was fairly shocked to hear Pacifica communities and people referred to as PAAcifica, emphasis
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Passing a little under the radar, but picked up by Stuff’s Thomas Coughlan, was an exchange in parliament during Wednesday’s Question Time which encapsulated the utter incompetence of this governing coalition, as well as exposing the prime minister’s penchant for pulling rabbits out of a hat when
The work is being done in Phil Twyford’s office. More alarm bells are ringing. Twyford says the work is at an early stage. If that’s the case then it’s not too late to stop it. This should be done immediately. The last thing we need is the
A consortium of nineteen major businesses have banded together to take Hamilton City Council to court in a case that will have implications for all councils. The subject matter is a judicial review of the council’s ‘development contributions policies’. Before your eyes glaze over, there is a simple explanation.
At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on October 17th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can
LH Dear NZ Politicians and NZ Media, You keep telling us that we have to continue with the policy of elimination. That we have to continue to make sacrifices because it’s best for the economy. You tell us that it’s because the virus is so dangerous and we’
ARE YOU KIDDING? How can you give 11.7 million dollars to the Green School while schools are screaming out for money to fix leaky classrooms, not even mentioning the under-resourcing and behavioural support that is needed. This is totally unacceptable, elitist, and completely inequitable. It is a clear
For months, I’ve been writing that lockdowns are a useless and destructive response to the Wuhan pandemic. At first, it was only a few contrarian scientists and academics who dared point out what the data were unequivocally showing: lockdowns do not work and cause more harm than they prevent.
