Tani Newton For every good thing, they say, the devil has a malicious counterfeit. That was what came to my mind when I heard of the Maori Party’s “Declaration of Independence” and their plans to establish a Maori Parliament. We should all know that New Zealand has a declaration
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com Stats NZ has asked an independent external party to investigate allegations of misuse of census data collected for the 2023 Census. Last year Stats NZ
It’s a good question, what’s dodgier than a late night kebab? Right now in New Zealand politics the answer has to be the Maori Party, as revelations continue to pour forth over shenanigans in Tamaki Makaurau and the Manurewa Marae. Andrea Vance from The Post got the ball
If the wave of anti-Semitism was solely confined to ignorant students and ranting Muslims, that would be bad enough. That anti-Semitism has infested almost every institution in the West, from academia and media, to state bureaucracy, is horrifying. If you think I’m being alarmist, then you’re
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Fiona Mackenzie Racial separatists in New Zealand have become significantly more strident of late, demanding undemocratic power and funding, along with greater control over anyone identifying as Maori. It all sounds scarily similar to the unhinged ranting of many of the world’s destructive despots. With this perilous state in
Good morning everybody, and welcome to Elections 101. In today’s exercise, we’ll look at a very close electoral race, very close indeed. So close that after the counting of 25,123 valid returns the winning candidate’s majority was a razor-thin 42 votes. This occurred during the
John Porter “Cometh the hour, cometh the man.” Generally meaning that leadership, even of one’s self, is absent and desperately needed in a time of greatest necessity, so someone is forced to step up whether they seem capable or not. Prime Minister Luxon I think your hour has cometh!
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com The Coalition Agreements which the National Party reached with the ACT and New Zealand First parties oblige the new Government to “restore the right to local referendum on
TVNZ is a financial cot case and is expected to lose $33 million this financial year. If it was a dog we’d take a shovel and a gun and put it out of its misery. TVNZ is expecting a financial loss of up to $33 million this financial year
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Mass medication by water fluoridation for the benefit of teeth is a fraud. That is now obvious to anyone who takes the time to look at the data and science. All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com OPINION: It is possible that security agencies will be closely monitoring Kiri Tamihere-Waititi, the wife of Maori Party Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi. Her expletive-
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.substack.com Illegal and corrupt practices are alleged to have occurred in the way that Te Pati Maori has been running election campaigns, abusing their use of state-funded processes. Allegations revealed Saturday about the way the party colluded with a South Auckland marae and John Tamihere’
It’s an unfortunate sign of the times that public broadcaster RNZ ‘News’ gave significant editorial space for the acting head of a governmental organisation to openly criticise the Government with a politically skewed and misconstrued rant the day after the budget announcements. This was made worse when the individual,
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com Beware of ministers and mayors with simple solutions to any city’s problems! A series of snake-oil
Chloe Swarbrick is getting the soft-soap treatment from legacy media again. It seems that the media aren’t interested in the ongoing scandals involving the Green Party and instead are enabling them with hagiographic interviews. When Chlöe Swarbrick first won a seat in Parliament at 23 years old, she
