Tweet of the Day
Today’s tweet of the day sums up our Part-time PM’s disastrous week beautifully.
NZ Politics
Don’t Moan for Change, Vote for Change
Craig Lord www.craiglord.nz I ‘m annoyed. Genuinely annoyed. Annoyed enough to do something crazy and run in a campaign to be the next Mayor of Auckland. I know, it’s crazy, but I have been so dejected and basically pissed off about the way we were being treated
Govt Euthanasia Bill Contradicts Suicide Prevention Strategy
Press Release: Right To Life New Zealand Inc Is the government really serious about preventing suicide? How can the government support state funded assisted suicide while on the other hand proposing a state funded Suicide Prevention Strategy? The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern announced the government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy on
Rodney Local Board: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections
RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Rodney Ward As of writing, turnout is 25% lower than 2016. Kumeu is 29% behind while Warkworth is 2.1% up on 2016.
The COL Think They are Our Parents
By George I can imagine I’m not alone with my growing intolerance of others deciding what’s best for me. As a child I needed direction, nurturing and guidance and through a process of trial and error l developed a lifestyle that best suited my needs and ambitions. As
Labour’s Fails Series – Health Services
No one will be surprised to know that despite government pre-election promises to deliver free community mental health care, world-class cancer care, health services in every school and much more, very little has been delivered. Refer to “Labour’s Fails Series – Pre-government broken promises” for some Labour
The BFD Poll: Are You A Conservative?
If you agree more than you disagree in the above poll the New Conservatives claim that they are the party where your values will be protected.
Where There is Smoke There’s Mire
Beth Houlbrooke ACT Party Deputy Leader / Vice President My piece on defence of vaping received mixed responses last week. I had no idea at that time that I would be invited onto the weekly ACT podcast Politics in Full Sentences to discuss the very topic with the co-founder of
A Leaderless, Dysfunctional Government
This Government is leaderless, out of control and a disgrace. The reason they’re out of control and a disgrace is a direct result of being leaderless. The supposed leader of this ramshackle collection of disparates couldn’t run a cake stall at a bring and buy. Her leadership skills
Orakei Local Board: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections
RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Orakei Local Board As of writing on Tuesday October 1, 2019 turnout is 30% lower than 2016. Orakei Local Board is 23.7%
Muller Mangles the Message
Todd Muller has posted some thoughts on Friday’s School Strike for Climate on his Facebook page. As he predicted, there has been a bit of a ‘pile on’ in the comments because he wasn’t alarmist enough. The climate reality deniers cannot handle anything but complete subservience to the
Keeping Up with Jones
There is no point in pretending that Jacinda can rein in Shane Jones. She should, of course, but she won’t. She should want to, as he is giving her government an even worse public perception than her own ministers, but there is still nothing that she can do. The
Labour’s Fail Series – A Surfeit of Ministerial Misadventure
Failures: Incompetence, lack of openness & transparency, bullying and cover-ups abound from day one and continue unchecked. November 2017, on their first day in the house the new government got off to a bad start with a gaffe that could have been avoided, had the newly formed CoL counted
LIVE Mayoral Debate
The candidates have arrived, the room is prepped, and we’re about to go live for the 2019 Ratepayers’ Mayoral Debate. Even from home, your questions can be put to the candidates for the next 90 minutes. To ask a question text your first name, suburb, and question to 027