What National Should Have Done
These policies are called disruptive. Had they been done, NZ would be in a boom now and National on the way to a landslide win in Election 2026.
NZ Politics
We Should Hold Happy Thanksgivings
While acknowledging we are far from the Covid nonsense being over, at the Tauranga sump potlucks, we have always said grace, or in other words given thanks.
How to Capture a Country
Unless the coalition steps up and forces the removal of Treaty clauses, not only in legislation but in constitutions and operational protocols throughout the state sector, the Māori sovereignty movement will continue to march on.
NZ Politics Daily: 3 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (RNZ): New poll delivers hung Parliament, bad news for Christopher Luxon as preferred PM Luke Malpass (Post): The Post/Freshwater Strategy Poll: There was no honeymoon, just high prices and a recession (paywalled) Simon Wilson (Herald): The Government’s year:
The C-19 Report: What Lessons Learnt?
If the jab was as safe and effective as they still claim, then why did over 11,000 health officials rush to grant themselves vaccine exemptions while mandating it for you and me?
Court of Appeal Condemns SFO in Ruling
The court’s conclusions underscore a critical need for accountability and transparency within the SFO.
Why Was Candace Canned?
It’s time for the government to stand up for free speech and overturn Immigration New Zealand’s decision to ban someone because of their views.
The Whole Truth
Sometimes, the system actually does work: the truth comes out and the good guys win and the bad guys are exposed.
Will the Politicians Learn Anything, Though?
The opaque and constrained nature of the commission itself suggests that mistrust is still warranted. Why would a government set such limited terms of reference if there was nothing to conceal?
Covid-19 and the State
Exposing the purposes of power. When people come to believe that the danger was exaggerated and measures to combat it are barely effective or even harmful, then the state’s power disintegrates and it can only be buttressed by ever-more-draconian controls.
At Least Someone in the Media Is Honest
Cowards, the lot of them. Either running away so that they don’t have to front up or hiding and shielded by high paying gigs.
Sabotaging the Govt in Schools
Will children be educated not to vote for them as of this week?
NZ Politics Daily: 2 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LABOUR Andrea Vance (Post): ‘We aren’t feral’: Just how can Chippy soothe Labour losers? (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): Can Labour win on tax when it has failed before? (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Chris Hipkins tells Labour NZ needs it to change – can it?
Face of the Day
Mahuta was unseated in Hauraki-Waikato by Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke.
It Must Be a Huge Amount
KiwiRail are trying to keep a consultancy bill secret: it must be astonishingly huge and embarrassing.
Seymour’s Porkies Re the Charter School Process
The word bizarre doesn’t even quite match the process and current outcomes.