Christopher Luxon
I think Luxon is on his way to becoming a great National prime minister.
NZ Politics
The Finance Minister’s Solution to Big Banks?
To make you pay for dirty deals that sell out three million KiwiSaver holders. Labour did the same.
NZ Politics Daily: 11 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY AND RACE RELATIONS Tom Day (1News): Poll: More NZers oppose than support Treaty Principles Bill David Farrar: Treaty Issues poll shows the way forward Ryan Bridge (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Act and David Seymour’s poll bump shows this strategy is working (paywalled)
Free Speech Union, We Have a Problem
Failing to condemn Candace Owens’ virulent anti-Semitism isn’t ‘free speech’: it’s bizarre cowardice.
Highlights From the C-19 Enquiry
I would love to make sweeping statements about the report, but I must control myself. Whatever we do, we must not surrender the moral high ground.
The NZ Charities Law and Social Engineering
This reveals a disturbing pattern: our highest court is reshaping the law based on judges’ perceptions of changing social values.
The IMF Confirms That Hipkins Put NZ at the Bottom in 2023
Whatever new PM Chris Luxon’s faults, anything is an improvement on Chris Hipkins and the country’s worst finance minister ever, Grant Robertson, as well as former PM Ardern.
NZ Politics Daily: 10 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards OPINION POLLS Tom Day (1News): Political leaders react to poll showing Te Pāti Māori rise RNZ: Support for Te Pāti Māori has surged in the latest One News Verian poll RNZ: ACT and Te Pāti Māori up in latest Taxpayers-Union Curia poll Stewart
Seems the Treaty Principles Bill has boosted ACT and squeezed National
Warnings for both Luxon and Winston that sitting on the fence is not an option for the Treaty Principles Bill.
This Is the Story of the World
The minority of people who ask questions are always frowned upon, even though the questions are needed.
Legal Action After Owens Banned From NZ
Jonathan Ayling says there is no reason to think that Candace Owens poses any threat to Kiwis other than forcing them to consider perspectives some deem controversial: Kiwis are able to think for themselves.
The Politics of NZ’s ‘Postjournalism‘
New Zealand is experiencing the emergence of more explicitly partisan media.
Labour Needs a Massive Wake Up
They have lost touch with the working class: the very people they are supposed to represent. In the recent American election, these people largely voted for Donald Trump.