Winston Peters gave the Bud Light drinkers a swift kick in the cods last week by introducing a Member’s Bill that will protect women’s spaces. It’s called the ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ and it will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls,
The gulf between the government and the opposition is becoming wider by the day. The combined mental capacity of the three parties in this government far exceeds that of the three parties on the opposition benches. The left themselves are making it more obvious by both their actions and their
Although not a great fan of popular music and culture, I do occasionally respect certain talented people: Mott the Hoople (of course), Paul French (history’s most underrated songwriter) and Don Walker (the brains behind the Australian band Cold Chisel) immediately spring to mind. Walker once wrote a song “Telephone
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com A lack of perspective can make something quite large or important seem small or irrelevant. Against a backdrop of high-profile, negative statistics it is easy to overlook the positive. For instance, the fact that 64 per cent of Maori are employed is rarely reported.
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll is out and it seems that the Green’s sanctimonious balloon has been popped. It seems that voters will forgive benefit fraud, shoplifting, bullying each other, migrant labour exploitation and a myriad of other issues, but they really don’t like mouthy seppos getting
A $70,000 app to help Hamilton City Council staff with te reo has one councillor calling for closer scrutiny of “pet projects” as ratepayers face an unprecedented rates rise. He Pou Koorero – an app “designed to help people on their te reo journey” – will be launched this month and
Robert G Patman Professor of International Relations, University of Otago New Zealand governments have been actively exploring the option of joining pillar two of AUKUS for over a year now. But according to foreign minister Winston Peters, the government is “a long way from this point of being able to
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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com I’m not sure that it’s much comfort to anyone to know that the post-Covid surge in violent crimes, gang activity, ram raids, random shootings, thuggery and stabbings is occurring in other countries as well as New Zealand. These days, wagging school, out-of-
Since the turn of this century, the fabric of Western society appears to have become almost transparently thin and holes are evident. I put it down to Tony Blair, who became the Prime Minister of Britain in 1997 and subsequently cooked up a story with President George W Bush that
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Former US President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.” The fight for
Brian Tamaki Trans activists want you to believe it should be ‘Happy Birthing Parent’ or ‘Family Day’ this Sunday, not ‘Happy Mother’s Day’. We will not allow trans rights to push aside women’s rights or mothers’ rights. Trans activists are doing everything possible to erase women, including from
Wokeness is something we regulars on this website all detest; you know the sort of thing – political correctness, Marxist dogma, concerns about causing “offence” to weak, feeble people, shouting down others’ opinions. Capitalism is something we all support; you know the sort of thing – profit-making undertakings. Throw in some
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Do you believe New Zealand runs its general elections fairly and competently? As a voter, can you be confident that the votes on your ballot will
How disgusting. Hands-down winner of ‘Utterly Spineless Bigot of the Day (and Tomorrow) (and Into Next Week)’ “It doesn’t say anything about being related to Jews”. Of course not, except: “Vogel is owned by a Jewish immigrant”. Just for Mr Hatred’s information ‘Vogel’s’ is owned by
