An Update From Stuart Smith
There has been much hand wringing out of the false premise that rail can only succeed with rail-enabled ferries. This is not the case.
NZ Politics
The Second Worst Polls Since MMP
Someone needs to do something big and bold and they need to do it right now, because current polling suggests that, if they don’t, they will be New Zealand’s first one-term government in 51 years.
The School Lunch Issue Is Not the Fault of Our Politicians
It stems from the NZ Treasury’s wrong economic advice.
News Briefing: 21 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘It’s censorship’: Public health leaders slam ‘Trumpian’ edict Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘Farcical’: Quarter of hospital budget already spent (paywalled) Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Some patients waiting for heart scan given death sentence due to delays, cardiologists say Paul Penfold (Stuff)
Get Back In Your Box
Public health commentators are all upset at being told to get back in their box by new Health Minister Simeon Brown.
Western Bay of Plenty Council Quits LGNZ Amid Concerns
The decision, passed by a narrow six to five vote, follows concerns that LGNZ was not adapting to the new government and was promoting a one-sided, far-left, agenda.
WHO Knows? Help New Zealand to Exit the WHO
Now is the time to thumb this greedy power-grabbing club in the eye before it does even more harm to humanity.
Ranked on Their Mid-Term Prospects
Luxon and Hipkins: ‘politically weakened’ or ‘muddling through’.
They Want You to Forget About Covid, Don’t Let Them
Another five years into the future, and it will shock you how much Covid never happened. Don’t let that happen. Keep talking about it.
The Truth on Trump minus Media Bias
The New Zealand media need to realise that there are those who bother to find out what is actually going on in the world and not rely on the misinformation they spread.
News Briefing: 20 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Visits to India, USA test the Government’s approach to changing face of global politics Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand’s case for a Trump tariff carve out (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Winston Peters ‘seriously pleased’ with
A Good Solution to the School Lunches Kerfuffle
Richard Prebble has a decent solution, but will David Seymour listen?
The Elixir of Eternal Life
These days when it comes to food labelling, the word ‘natural’ has lost all meaning.
Legalised Abortion in NZ, Five Years On
All of this is supposed to be in the interests of women’s health but, like everyone else’s, women’s health is deteriorating, particularly mental health.