NZ Politics
When a Politician Ignores the Rules
Dr Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz It’s being explained as an “inadvertent error”. However, National MP David MacLeod’s excuse for failing to disclose $178,000 in donations for his
One Speaks Out Among the Silent Majority
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
They Are Not Going to Apologise
Media won’t retract their live-on-air comments for the unvaccinated to be refused medical treatment, socially ostracised and forcibly removed from vaccinated communities. The Broadcasting Standards Authority did not uphold a complaint about Hilary Barry’s denigration of the unvaccinated as sub-human when she said the unvaccinated
Budget Challenges
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com As the new Government puts the finishing touches to this month’s Budget, they will undoubtedly have had their hands full dealing with the economic mess that Labour created. Not only was Labour a grossly incompetent manager of the economy, but they also set out
A Slap on the Wrist with a Very Well Soaked Bus Ticket
Kiri Allan told us all that she’d defend her charges, that there was a ‘technical point of law’ that needed to be explored in a trial, that she was innocent and that her case would prove that out. And then on the morning of the trial after months of
The Bureaucratic Language of Evil
NewZealandDoc Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. Yesterday, on 20 May 2024, New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commission handed down its decision
The Populist Leader That Labour Needs?
Dr Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Willie Jackson will participate in the prestigious Oxford Union debate on Thursday, following in David Lange’s footsteps. Coincidentally, Jackson has also followed Lange’s
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor This week I attended my offspring’s graduation in Wellington. I sat through one of Victoria University’s 3-hour-long ceremonies. It should have been about the kids graduating, but the first 30–40 minutes were dedicated to honouring the recently retired State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes.
More Cheek than a Fat Lady’s Bum
You have to give it to the opposition, not only are they trying to gaslight us all into believing they were sound economic managers but now they are hypocritically talking about smoke and mirrors for the up-coming budget. Labour finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds says she isn’t convinced the
TVNZ Hikoi Documentary Needs a Sequel
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Platform. bassettbrashandhide.com Twenty years on, judges are quietly awarding coastal rights to iwi. Early this month, an hour-long documentary was released by TVNZ
Minister Responds to Review of Kainga Ora
Hon Chris Bishop Minister of Housing The Government has announced a series of immediate actions in response to the independent review of Kainga Ora – Homes and Communities, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “Kainga Ora is a large and important Crown entity, with assets of $45 billion and over $2.5
My Journey
Rodney Hide Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 bassettbrashandhide.com It’s been a while since I have written. I have tried. But I have not had anything useful to say. My concern has always been public policy.
Labour Couldn’t Run a Bath
The review of Kainga Ora has been released and it shows without a shadow of doubt that Labour and anyone from Labour, couldn’t run a bath or anything else for that matter. The report is damning and finds that the social housing system is not socially or financially sustainable.