In Truth Nothing Is Free
The truth is there are no free lunches, no free fees at universities, no free visits to the GP and no free bus or train rides…but there are free elections. On November 7 make sure you don’t vote for this type of idiocy.
NZ Politics
Hoggard’s Chainsaw Technique Exposes the Real Threat: Safety Zealots Killing Productivity
Hoggard was out promoting actual environmental work and getting his hands dirty. The outrage merchants should try doing the same instead of reaching for the complaint hotline.
Face of the Day
’We ain’t shutting down farms and we certainly aren’t sending billions of dollars offshore’ – Luxon
The WHO Just Got Smacked Down by the US
The WHO and the UN. They aren’t us. They don’t know us and they do not have the best interests of New Zealanders as a priority. Only we have that.
Labour’s List Seems To Be Defensive
The rankings reward loyalists, sideline potential rivals, and suggest Hipkins is more concerned about managing his caucus than rebuilding Labour.
A Budget for the Times
I give Nicola an eight out of 10 for her budget. She kept the confetti in the box and the rabbits in the hutch.
Is UNDRIP Really an Easy Win for Winston?
The danger for him using the UNDRIP clause as a “cudgel” against National and ACT and keeping it in the public eye, is that, sooner or later, someone might ask him whether a bureaucrat in his ministry inserted it.
Labour’s Public Transport Fare Cap: Another Taxpayer Handout for the Usual Suspects
Labour loves these targeted subsidies because they let them pick winners and losers while pretending to care about the cost of living.
This Is Not Working
In a volcanic, earthquake prone country, you never know when you might need cover, Kiwis need a natural hazard insurance system that works.
Why Couldn’t Mozart Get a Job?
if you are serious about music then you have to be prepared to be poor and accept the low probability that you might be one of the very few who somehow fall on their feet and get rich. You shouldn’t expect to be supported out of the public purse when you haven’t proven yourself to the public.
Notice to New Zealand First
Immediate legislative action required to halt ongoing iwi entrenchment in local government.
Chris Hipkins Has Blood On His Hands
He is unashamedly still in parliament and is about to ask the electorate to make him prime minister.
A Clever Campaign Could Help Derail Bishop
How a clever campaign could help derail Chris Bishop. Māori seat manipulation.
Labour’s Dirty Deal with a Senior Cop Exposed: Secrecy Over Service
New Zealanders deserve better than this grubby politics as usual. Labour’s latest recruit arrives under a cloud of their own making. The public will not forget it.