The Australian government is obviously heartily sick of being finger-wagged by the holier-than-thou Ardern government. Especially over climate change. At last year’s Pacific Island Forum, Jacinda Ardern repeatedly threw pointed sneers at Australia, and PM Scott Morrison in particular. Ardern smugly declared that “Australia has to
I had just come in from staking my tomato plants, covered in dirt having had to pull out yet more of that blasted convolvulus weed, when I went to The BFD’s secret hangout on the internet (you need an encrypted password that is 217 characters long and the blood
Labour’s year of delivery ended with way more welfare beneficiaries than when it began. Mike Yardley destroys the Prime Minister’s posturing on well being in just one article: As election year dawns, one of the biggest credibility challenges this government faces is their failure to combat some of
Back from the holiday break, Tim and Dieuwe discuss the end of the world, Australia Day and Waitangi Day, police arrests and raids, plus much more. TTT goes live every Tuesday at 9pm on the Right Minds NZ Youtube channel.
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Mining on Conservation Land “There will be no new mines on conservation land.” Speech from the Throne Promise still under negotiation with the coalition. Promise: Waste Minimisation “Other environment initiatives include a commitment to minimising waste to landfill and a fund to take action on
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Oxford definition of propaganda: information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. The Prime Minister and her government coalition partners have opened the classroom door to vested interest groups to spread their propaganda. One such
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Most of us have little choice but to rely on statistics to build a picture of what is happening at Work and Income. Accordingly, anecdotal evidence has some value, especially when it is from the normally gagged front line. Despite it being secondhand I can
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Housing “Housing is a top priority for this government. Action will be taken to address homelessness. State house sell offs will stop. And the State will take the lead in building affordable houses. Through its Kiwibuild programme, this government pledges to build 100,000 high
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchellblogspot.com Jacinda Ardern went to Ratana and told Maori she was working for their collective people and that the unemployment rate was dropping. Officially the latter is true. But that’s only half of the story. Here is the Maori unemployment rate from Statistics NZ data: However,
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Stuart Nash is the Police minister and also the Napier MP. He has overseen an explosion of gang members in his own patch that has meant that the Police have raised the white flag: “They have a new cohort of younger members. I don’t think the older hierarchy are
The TV1 newsreaders were agog last week with the startling news that there might… only MIGHT… be a deal on Ihumatao about to be announced. They made a few implications and shadowed promises, but it was all speculation really. It is not exactly surprising that the main TV bulletin of
Shane Jones must be over the target such is the triggered response to his comments at Ratana: At the annual gathering at Ratana pa last Friday, Shane Jones unleashed an unhinged attack on Pania Newton. He referred to Pania as, “a young putiputi (flower)” then doubled down on his diatribe
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Gender Pay Gap “It will eliminate the gender pay gap within the core public sector and encourage the private sector to do the same.” Speech from the Throne Broken promise: Pay equity legislation has stalled. The Government blocked the National Party bills twice, and have
George One of the greatest private enterprise success stories during the last two years has been the growth of Rocketlab. During the 2018/9 financial year, this enterprise added $1.75bn to the New Zealand economy and supported 12,000 jobs. There was an article in the Guardian with reference
I never realised Alison Mau did comedy. This could explain why we find so many of her articles objectionable; she is trying to be funny, but we don’t understand the humour. This latest piece is a cracking work of comedy, however. All Alison needs now is a bit of
