Dear Editor You should encourage readers to write to their local MP regarding the Zero Carbon Bill and post a weekly letter. It seems shaming is the only way to get them to listen to the public. I haven’t received a response to my complaint but that’s OK
Politicians of all shades appear to be having a brain fade when it comes to recognising the critical part agriculture plays in the economy and therefore the overall wealth of the country. Last Thursday hundreds of farmers held a protest at Parliament organised by the farming lobby group 50 Shades
The ACT party is fast becoming the Free Speech party of New Zealand politics. David Seymour has withdrawn a Free Speech Bill in order to strength it further by making tertiary institutions’ funding dependant on them taking “ all reasonable steps to protect academic freedom and free speech”. No doubt this
Talk is cheap but ACT leader David Seymour has put his words into action. An organised group of Trans activists has bullied and twice now, deplatformed a feminist women’s rights group, preventing them from holding a feminist event with an overseas speaker. Initially the feminist event was going to
This time it was Santa Clarita, third-largest city in Los Angeles county. The victims aged between 14 and 16. The perpetrator had just turned 16 – it was his birthday. Before school started as students gathered in a quadrangle, he pulled a semi-automatic .45 calibre handgun from his back
The poll results below are from two live polls so the results that I have commented on in this post may have changed slightly by the time this post publishes. *Update: I have corrected mistakes and updated the post with the latest figures for the ACT party poll. NZ First
Behrouz Boochani has been a festering parasite greedily sucking the blood of Australian taxpayers for years. Now, he’s New Zealand’s problem. Good riddance. Don’t thank us – we’re just glad to be rid of him at last. Boochani, the “Refujesus” who steamed up the granny-panties of
Sir Elton John was asked if he could be any woman alive today, who would he be? “John answered: “It’s hard to pick someone from today, because there are so many candidates, but I think I’d choose Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand. She’s one
We on the middle and the right side of politics have been so busy being upset at the National Party for focussing on compromise instead of standing strong against the Zero Carbon Bill, that we have totally missed the delicious silver lining in it all. All is not well in
Leighton Baker New Conservative Party leader Leighton Baker is leading New Conservative to be the solution for New Zealanders that want personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, strong national identity and want family values to be protected. Those of us that call New Zealand home generally appreciate not
Female MPs from different parties have joined together to tighten-up New Zealand’s laws on female genital mutilation. The group of women who have put together a joint members bill are National MP Jo Hayes, NZ First MP Jenny Marcroft, Labour MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan and Golriz Ghahraman from the
Catherine Abou-Nemeh Victoria University of Wellington Earlier this week New Zealand’s parliamentarians voted on the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill. Much public discussion on the merits of euthanasia has centred around the role of the medical practitioner as healer. Some doctors and conscientious objectors
NZCPR.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Late last month the Minister of Justice announced
Press Release: ACT Party “The Government must delay the progress of the Arms Legislation Bill to account for a four-month extension to the Royal Commission into the Christchurch terror attacks”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Royal Commission will now report back to the Government in April 2020, while
