No Hate Speech in NZ
Let terms like white supremacy, extermination and genocide remain where they lie buried – long ago and far away.
NZ Politics
Get Rid of the Māori Seats
Democracy is one thing. Using it for vile purposes is quite another.
New Zealand and Defending Trump
A future Trump administration will be looking closely at New Zealand's priorities. Are we ready?
NZ Politics Daily: 22 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy Stuff: Watch: Professor ‘flabbergasted’ over Govt cutting excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products Nick Rockel: Tobacco First Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really
All Mouth and No Trousers
Neither Beijing Bob Carr nor Chumbawamba have followed through on their legal threats against Winston Peters
Human Rights Are Wrongs When They Transgress God’s Word
I am taking this issue seriously. How dare they tamper with the Human Rights Act?
Face of the Day
Speaking to Local Democracy Reporting, the two-time Olympic gold medallist said yesterday he was “excited and daunted” about leading New Zealand’s fifth-largest city.
The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards For the first time ever, New Zealand has just reduced taxes on tobacco products – in this case a 50 per cent reduction in the health taxes on “heated tobacco products”. The move came in very quietly at the start of the month and is
Fluoride in Water: Protect Your Health and Environment
NZDSOS Understanding the Issue Brushing teeth and using tap water are daily routines. But did you know that the very authorities responsible for fluoridating our water wear hazmat suits to handle the chemicals? If fluoride can’t be safely disposed of in natural waterways, why is it added to our
The Govt Wants to Give Local Bodies More Power
Jonathan Barrett, Victoria University of Wellington Where should real political power and authority reside in New Zealand? Since last year’s election, that’s been the central question behind a number of significant policy reversals. Water infrastructure, health, tertiary education and tax have all been affected by the political and
PM Is Jeopardizing New Zealand
Don Brash and Rt Hon Helen Clark Bassett, Brash & Hide “Just one month after the New Zealand Government hosted the Chinese Premier in New Zealand, and with no hint of a major change in New Zealand foreign policy in the National Party’s election campaign last year, the Prime
NZ Politics Daily: 19 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Janet Hoek, Jude Ball, Andrew Waa, Anna Graham-DeMello, Richard Edwards, and Melissa-Jade Gregan (Public Health Communications Centre): Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press/Post): Tobacco companies gain customers as
Looks Dodgy, Smells Dodgy, Is Dodgy
When bureaucrats start playing around with OIA requests you know there is something stinky going on. Yet that is exactly what is happening at the Tauranga City Council. The Ombudsman has been asked to rule on whether the guest list for a $40,000 private cocktail party co-hosted by Tauranga
As “the megaphone” for mining, is Shane Jones too lax on lobbying?
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards As the Minister for Resources, Shanes Jones is happy to declare that he’s on the side of the mining companies, proclaiming that no one “should doubt that I am the megaphone of industry in this government.” While many will appreciate his dogged championing