Audio: A Submission Against the Zero Carbon Bill
Geologist and Tauranga mayoral candidate Andrew Hollis joins Peter Williams to discuss his submission against the Zero Carbon Bill. Magic
NZ Politics
Why the Never Winston People Are Wrong
Data from a recent public survey has revealed that contrary to what the Never Winston people have said NZ First going with Labour has NOT cost the party the support of its followers. The Never Winston people assumed that because the majority of NZ First supporters before the election wanted
Waitakere Ward: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections
RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Waitakere Ward Waitakere voter turnout is about the same as other parts of Auckland: 23% down on 2016. Penny Hulse has stepped down
Bitter Losers Leaking to Try to Destabilise NZ First
Some leaks from inside NZ First have hit the headlines, and coupled with a recent poll of NZ First supporters they suggest that many members of NZ First were unhappy with the decision to go with Labour: A raft of internal NZ First documents have been leaked to the media
Labour’s Fails Series: Maori Separatism by Subterfuge
Kelvin Davis dodged a bullet in The BFD series on Labour Fails – A Surfeit of Ministerial Misadventure due to lack of space, but this time he gets a post all to himself, and he has earned it. This week the British High Commissioner, Laura Clarke, delivered an apology on behalf
Face of the Day
Today’s face of the day is NZ’s very own Rain Man. He thinks he can control the weather and pay native species to not go extinct.
Letter to The Editor: I am Pessimistic Over the Future of NZ
Dear Editor I am going through a pessimistic stage over the future of New Zealand. I can see Western civilisation being defunct in about 20 years and climate change has nothing to do with it. The problem as I see it is a combination of immigration, declining European birth rate,
If the COL were a Rugby Team
By William Felt I usually finish in the office at 6.30; in time to catch the sports news at 6.40 on TV. This is especially important during the All Black season and more so during a “World Cup”. Seeing what our team is up to in the hours
Letter to The Editor: Christchurch Mayoral Campaign
Dear Editor, Following on from my earlier letter, the Press referred to the three “leading candidates” (Minto, Dalziel and Park) as “Mayoral hopefuls”. But that has now gone and it is back to “leading candidates”. And no independent poll has been published to support this ongoing contention. Since then there
The ‘Coulds’ of Settled Science
By Owen Jennings Someone called James Renwick (described as a “climate scientist”), managed to get himself on the front page of Granny Herald recently. I’m not sure what a “climate scientist” is. We never used to have such a term – we had geologists, physicists, biologists, chemists, etc. I think
Winston is Spot On
I don’t know if Winston Peters reads The BFD but his reported comments in a newspaper yesterday compliment yesterday’s article Gisborne History the Re-write beautifully. Winston has said what so many of us were thinking when we heard that the British High Commissioner was going to apologise
Rodney Local Board (Warkworth Subdivision): An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections
RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Rodney Local Board (Warkworth Subdivision) As of October 3, voter turnout is 23% down on 2016 which is an improvement on October 2.
National’s Soy into China
Fifty lucky New Zealanders were invited to Beijing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the brutal, murderous, evil and oppressive reign of the Communist Party of China. Among those invited was none other than intelligence officer-turned-politician Jian Yang, who traded a long career as an intelligence officer in
Leave the Poor Woman Alone!
I guess we really shouldn’t be surprised. Colin Craig is going to continue his legal harassment of Rachel MacGregor using the courts to continue his wonky jihad to attempt to clear his name: Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig will appeal a High Court decision that ruled he sexually
Labour’s Fail Series – Loss of Freedom & Rights
The place where our law is conceived is overseen by possibly the most biased speaker we can remember, making me wonder: Is anything immune from this government’s failings? “Question Time is an important opportunity for the Opposition to criticise the Government and there is pressure on the Speaker to