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NZ Politics
A Cabinet of Radishes
David Theobald Monday June 8th was the start of another week in the increasingly bizarre parallel universe in which I find myself living. A universe where all the logic and pragmatism that I was happy to have run the bits of the world I move in for nearly three score
NZ Run by a PR Agency
David Seymour Facebook The new ‘Unite For Recovery’ ad campaign shows New Zealand is being run by a PR agency masquerading as a government. Overnight, the ‘Unite Against Covid-19’ campaign became ‘Unite For Recovery’. With an election on the horizon, Labour will keep the country on a war footing
Modern Policing II
Yesterday I wrote in The BFD about the impossibility of policing the multicultural chasm opened up by the Black Lives Matter movement. It was subsequently announced that the Minneapolis City Council intends to disband the Minneapolis Police Department altogether, and hand policing over to ‘community groups’. Nine of the 13
A Contrived Coincidence or a Close Call?
So the last person with coronavirus recovered just in time for the Prime Minister’s announcement that we can move to level one but it was a close call. Or was it? The declaration of a full recovery was made with two hours to spare. Spare a thought for the
Ardern Says the Virus Will Be Back but Takes Credit for Eliminating It!
On the AM show this week Garner asked Jacinda Ardern how she felt about the last 75 days (it feels sooo much longer to me). Ardern was in her usual toothy form, saying it was “a massive team effort”. Give yourself a round of applause dear reader, she means you,
New Zealand: A Political Poem
Kerry Grant I see a nation of people, who have faltered and lost their wayWhose forefather's died for their freedom, so other's could give it away?A people who put their differences aside, while making the world a better placeNow lost through social dissension, our history
To the Surprise of No One – It’s Hooton Time
As predicted by… well, pretty much everyone, Matthew Hooton has started work in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. As befits a man known as the Svengali of Right-Wing Politics, he starts his tenure with a statement that is not quite a lie but is deliberately disingenuous.
Modern Policing
British Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel is regarded as the father of modern policing. His Metropolitan Police Act received royal assent in 1829, and the Metropolitan Police Service in London was formed in September of that year. The first modern and professional Police force in the world, its founding was
Upset about the Prospect of a Deal with Winston?
If you want an indication as to how wet National’s leadership has become, then you need go no further than having a look at what James Shaw has to say about it all: If National committed to addressing inequality and “doing more than just lip service when it comes
The Most Racist Political Party in NZ
In New Zealand this year the Labour Party supported and celebrated blatantly racist criteria in an Wellington government funded organisation. Eight other government funded organisations are considering or have left the door open to similar changes in Northland, Nelson Marlborough, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Southern, Bay of Plenty, MidCentral and Auckland. I
Feet of the Day
Jacinda Ardern’s feet were posted on social media wearing Nadia Reid socks after she and her feet attended the singer’s gig in Wellington. There is a pattern with this PM of businesses cashing in on the publicity when she wears their product. Handmade Black Feather earrings made of
Hydrogen: An Exciting Answer for New Zealand?
In September of 2019, with great fanfare, our esteemed Doctor of History and Minister of Energy and Resources and of Research, Science and Innovation Megan Woods announced a pathway to a hydrogen economy for New Zealand. The Government is charting the way towards a more renewable energy system with the
