Too Right A regular column by John Black The Black Sheep Blog Rightminds Once upon a time, a little before the invention of the I-phone and the first season of ‘Love Island’, in a land not so far away, in fact right under our feet, an angelic race of
Today’s face of the day has launched a national #Metoonz investigation which is fantastic news because she will be able to expose the Labour party sex pest. Go get em, Alison, a number of Labour party women are counting on you to get the job done! It has everything
This week, short of a major change to abortion laws, the biggest social legislative change in at least the last decade happened. New Zealand joined the growing list of places that have decriminalised the use and possession of drugs. The passing of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment marks a significant
Here is an image of my grandson, taken at 13 weeks 2 days. I haven’t met him yet, but soon. If that’s not a human then what is? Quite how some people can claim he is just a ‘clump of cells’ defy’s logic. Have they never seen
The election was held The votes were all cast National had won on the night But subsequent happenings left us aghastIt was up to Winston to decide the Government He who with National had utu to burn So he decided to put Labour in power Led by one named Jacinda
National party Two years on from the prime minister’s pledge to have light rail from Auckland’s CBD to Mt Roskill within four years, the project is on the fast track to nowhere. All the signs point to this being yet another broken election promise from Labour. Jacinda Ardern
Duncan Garner has written one of the silliest and most patronising articles of all time. At a time when the OCR has reached an all-time low, and everyone knows it cannot mean happy times ahead, Garner has bought into the myth that, as business hates Labour governments, all that
Taxpayers Union This week’s most important story: the Reserve Bank Governor’s move to cut the interest rate from 1.5% to 1.0%. New Zealand has not seen a cut this large since the Christchurch earthquake. Previous rate cuts of this size were seen during the global financial
National party Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter has run roughshod over the rules governing ministers by penning a secret transport letter to Phil Twyford. The Cabinet Manual is very clear. At 8.25, it notes: ‘Ministers should always be clear about the capacity in which they are creating or
ACT party Chinese diplomats’ praise for violent students at the University of Auckland and condemnation for Hong Kong protestors demonstrates stunning hypocrisy. The Chinese Consul General on Friday condemned the protests in Hong Kong as disrupting order and the rule of law. But just eight days ago, the Consulate praised
New Conservative Parliament has yet again failed to represent the will of the people, reflected in a NewsHub poll showing 75% opposition to this Bill, in passing the Abortion Legislation Bill through its first reading. Labour’s fast track programme will be further failing democracy if it does not deal
By Brian Dingwall Have we ever before had political leaders who think traffic lights can be red and green at the same time? So many mutually exclusive beliefs are being held simultaneously by this government. I’ll list a few, and I’m sure others can find many more: * The
By Malcolm I knew Jacinda Ardern and her CoL had plunged the country into a financial crisis when our local hospital this week announced that all its inpatient beds were full and the overflow had filled the A&E beds with emergency admissions. They have declared a “code red”
I have been amazed at how bad Wellington traffic has become in the last 5 years or so. Just this week, there were 2 major traffic incidents that caused tailbacks for literally miles. This is happening far too often, and while something desperately needs to be done, the current council
