Holidays for Everyone Else
If national holidays are going to exist, and I’m not convinced they should, then the last thing they should do is celebrate everything that New Zealand isn’t.
NZ Politics
How the Parties of the Left Have Changed in Recent Years
While woke progressives, schismatic racists and apocalyptic environmentalists rule the roost on the left, it is unlikely that the key voter demographic of the “working class” will support them in sufficient numbers to allow a return to power.
Why Won’t Police enforce the Electoral Act?
It says something about MacLeod that he had extraordinarily high donations for his campaign and was telling some of his donors that he didn’t need to declare their contributions.
NZ Politics Daily: 6 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Henry Cooke: On John Key still being prime minister Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Labour paving the way for a capital gains or wealth tax Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: Labour leader Chris Hipkins reignites tax debate, offers update on working with Winston
Labour’s Law Vaporises Millions of Dollars
The Ministry of Health and an incompetent minister may very well have cost the taxpayer millions as well as put the China FTA at risk.
A Circus Comes to Council
Māori wards are not about Māori representation, they are about a stealthy creep for control of Council with the end game being control of New Zealand – a seditious Māori takeover.
No Right to Decline Medical Treatment
Every Kiwi should be very concerned about this decision: New Zealanders do not have a right to say NO to medical procedures they disagree with or do not want.
Immigration NZ Is Not a Censor
A range of controversial speakers have included New Zealand in their international speaking tours. None of them should have to wade through a murky process to determine whether Immigration NZ believes allowing them to speak in NZ serves the subjective and arbitrary ‘public interest’.
JAG loses her RAG
The Greens might be with us physically but mentally they’re somewhere else.
The New Tyrants
The takeover has been swift and total. The key has been the ruthless squashing of dissent.
NZ Politics Daily: 5 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards COMCOM GROCERY SECTOR REPORT Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Supermarkets now a sitting duck for intervention (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Supermarkets get terse tongue-lashing for ‘ripping off’ Kiwis (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Five things households should know about the first annual grocery report Lauren
Latest Poll: Government Extends Lead to 10%
Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for August 2024 shows support for the National-led Government (National, ACT & NZ First) has increased in August, up three per cent points to 53 per cent, increasing its lead over the Labour-Greens-Māori Party Opposition on 43 per cent (down one percentage point).
Kīngi Tūheitia’s Message of Unity
Speaking about the Treaty Principles Bill at the hui-a-iwi in January, Tūheitia said, “There’s no principles, the Treaty is written. That’s it.” The coming weeks and months will test that.
What’s Going On With Our Kids? – Roadshow Part 3
People before policies in a world that is policies before people.
Our Post-War Political History
Here’s a possible scenario that could see the first ever two-term National government.
No Logic Keeping TVNZ on Life Support
The government needs to have a rethink on TVNZ: either send it to the media graveyard or make it more fit for purpose.