The best job I ever had was ten years of roller coaster fun and excitement that on paper I was nowhere near equipped for. I did not have the university degrees that would be considered essential these days. My prospective employer was unfazed, saying the position required two non-academic
labour.org.nz/2020campaign_slogan? “Let’s do this” is out and “Let’s keep moving” is in. The question remains, in which direction?
Information Satire What will they think of next? The Green Gang want to make cattle rustling legal. Missie Ardern told Galloping Garner she didn’t agree with it, and Maverick Peters said they were “nuts” but he seems a bit “fishy” himself, according to Cowboy Nash who has apologised for
In 1978 the Conservative party in the UK ran a billboard ad campaign across the country called “Labour Isn’t Working”. It was run in anticipation that Labour Party Prime Minister James Callaghan would call a general election. It was revived for the general election campaign the following year, after
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The Resource Management Act is one of New Zealand’s worst performing pieces of legislation. It has become a major barrier to progress by adding costs and delays to the local authority consenting process. It has also been identified as a significant contributor to the
What is it with this Prime Minister? She seems determined to have us confined within our borders until a vaccine is found, which may or may not prove effective, or until she can say she is the first leader of a country to eliminate this particular strain of flu. She
David Law Research Fellow nzinitiative.org.nz The Green Party’s “Poverty Action Plan” is all about tackling poverty, although the outcomes may differ from what the party expects. While it is meant to help struggling New Zealanders, the plan will instead disincentivise work, saving, investment in education and skills,
When he took over I said that Todd Muller was wetter than an ocean. He capitulated and made a meal over the woke brigade’s demands for a browner front bench. Instead of cutting Simon Bridge’s throat and standing firm on his refusal to give Bridges Foreign Affairs, he
Listened to Magic today and the number of people who declared themselves loyal National voters saying that after Todd Mullers position on Hamish Walker’s comments will not be voting for them was very revealing. Disinfectant
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss the latest news and developments happening in the Tasman. Coronavirus cases are exploding in the state of Victoria, what’s going on there? The election draws closer in NZ with a number of high-profile resignations. All that and more on this week’
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Loyal Opposition It’s often said that the Leader of the Opposition has the hardest job in politics. That’s doubly so in a time of national crisis, when
Labour must have seen some bad polling because until yesterday the Prime Minister was expressing confidence in her hapless Health Minister. Now Jacinda Ardern has weakly accepted his resignation, just in time for David Clark to head home for the school holidays. Beleaguered Health Minister David Clark has resigned as
How spiteful is Trevor Mallard that he wants to name the man he smeared with appalling accusations in court proceedings? An ex-parliament staffer suing Trevor Mallard for defamation after a sexual assault claim is fighting to keep his details secret. He was stood down by the closed shop Parliamentary
First we had two women who left quarantine early on compassionate grounds kissing and cuddling their way from Auckland to Wellington when they had not been tested for COVID-19 but, as it turned out, they did have the disease. Then it turned out that those in quarantine were not
