Press release: NZ First Darroch Ball’s Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill, which toughens penalties for assaults on first responders and corrections officers, passed its first reading in Parliament this week. Every year, thousands of police, ambulance and corrections officers are assaulted. And it’s increasing. In
People who are labelled “dangerous” by people on the left of politics invariably are saying something that the left disagree with or just don’t want said. Milo Yiannopoulos completely understood this which is why he titled his best selling book Dangerous. Now you wouldn’t think that National MP
On a public bus recently I met an extraordinary woman. I was discussing with my travelling companion the large and growing number of people reliant on welfare. The government encourages it, I said, it’s disgraceful and wrong, also unsustainable and a terrible way for people to live. Actually, this
Information Satire. A report on the test of the Mark 2 model spy fly, with improved battery life, enhanced adherence qualities (enabling ceiling adhesion as well as wall), and reduction in size from that of a giant bumblebee to a largish blowfly. The test took place in the office of
Crikey. She’s been a busy ol’ week leading up to Christmas, so little time to catch up, let alone keep up, with news here, there and everywhere, and then so much of it bad. The White Island accident reminds us how temporary happiness can be, may God bless those
Boris Johnson’s win is a warning to the National Party. Simon Bridges is more like Jeremy Corbyn than he is Boris Johnson. Parties only win when people like their leaders. No one liked Corbyn and no one likes Bridges. To clarify, they may like him as a person and
Press release: NZ First Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Wednesday announced the deployment of a network of DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys. “New Zealand and the Pacific region are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. It is vital we have
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition With the Prime Minister confirming that hate speech legislation will be put forward to Parliament before next year’s election, it is easy to feel pessimistic about the fight for free speech rights. But there are glimmers of hope in the political market.
Press release: ACT Party “The Finance and Expenditure Committee’s interim report on the Arms Legislation Bill is a small victory for common sense”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “While ACT continues to oppose the bill, the fact that the committee is now listening to firearms owners and proposing
When it comes to a national gun register a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude is completely unacceptable. The national gun register has not even been started and already detailed information about people who had registered to surrender their newly illegal firearms and firearm parts has been accidentally made available online.
In a post earlier this week, Jacinda Ardern Powered by Eight-year-olds, I commented on the futility of the latest unnecessary and useless plastics ban proposed by our Prime Minister and the fact that she makes decisions on the trot on the basis of the “many letters” she receives
Press release: Green Party The Green Party welcome two reports that speak to fixing our justice system so that systemic racism does not further hurt our M?ori communities, and so that proper rehabilitation can occur. “We know Maori experience systemic racism from the moment they encounter front line services,
