You really have to wonder what sort of drugs Labour is imbibing to come up with this sort of nonsensical rubbish to explain away why they lost. But here we are: Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins does not think ruling out a capital gains or wealth tax this year cost
Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick’s ‘incendiary chant’ at pro-Palestine rally under fire. […] Swarbrick and the Greens took the stage, yelling this controversial phrase: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” There were six Green MPs on stage when Chloe said her anti-Semitic chant – they all
Richard Shaw Massey University theconversation.com Here go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Maori, thereby increasing the size of New Zealand’s 54th Parliament to 123 seats (once the Port Waikato by-election has taken place). The double
One of the frustrating things in recent weeks is that Chris Hipkins remains the Prime Minister of New Zealand, albeit in a ‘caretaker’ capacity. Even more frustrating is there is still – three and a half weeks after the general election – no firm date on when a government will actually be
Chris Trotter Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with thirty years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz “CONSEQUENCES” – it’s a word that acquires an ominous quality in the mouths of political radicals. As in: “Freedom of speech
I never thought I’d have to write an article about this, but we are now in a position where we have to. The economy is in the pits, and now it is finally hurting us. On Monday you guys did us proud, and the new sign ups and the
You really have to listen to this: Josie Pagani on Mike Hosking’s show yesterday. She said a number of interesting things, especially that she believes that the next Labour Prime Minister isn’t even in caucus yet. But the most important thing she said is that Labour believes they
Let’s stop kidding ourselves: thousands of Kiwis are open anti-Semites. They’re not going to want to hear it, because most of them are almost certainly people who’ll parade their “anti-racist” virtue for all to see. Except that they really hate Jews. It’s an ugly
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz NO DEAL Coalition talks to form the next New Zealand Government have ground to a screeching halt after Winston Peters, the leader of the New Zealand First Party, made a stunning revelation to Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon. Peters, known for his affinity for straight talk
Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD at the University
In 1941 the Australian Labor Party came into office due to a dirty deal by cross-bench MPs. Its Prime Minister, John Curtin, was completely unsuited to the job (basically a fall-down drunk) – thrown into an international crisis with little idea of what to do, saved from himself by
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
At a pre-election debate the PM in waiting was asked, should people with legitimate vaccine injuries get compensation? Christopher Luxon emphatically answered, No. He made his party’s view very clear. Vaccine-injured New Zealanders would not be supported financially. In January 2021, Grant Robertson, as Labour’s Finance
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 Our finally completed election results need to be viewed on several levels. On the surface, the change of
Over the past few days we have seen the unedifying behaviour of mainstream journalists as they seek to create stories out of nowhere. They are so put out that neither Christopher Luxon nor David Seymour, nor especially Winston Peters, will speak to them. They are very put out that their
