We do not need to imagine free speech as a line or as a circle. There has already been enough consideration of ‘what is free speech’, and reassessing it is a trap. The history of free speech has woven its way through centuries of societal evolution. It finds its roots
Debrin Foxcroft Finlay Macdonald Matt Garrow Veronika Meduna The Conversation theconversation.com From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in 2023. Pre-election polls appear to have under-estimated support for National, which on the provisional results can form a government with ACT
Winston Peters only gave a single one on one interview on election night, and it was with me. This was recorded just before he walked down the waterfront at Russell to speak to his supporters. Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight
The three parties campaigning to change the Government, National, ACT and NZ First, secured over 54 per cent of the vote, while the three pro-Government parties received 40 per cent. In terms of seats, it’s 69 (with NZ First) to 52, indicating a shift to the putative conservative
Pollster David Farrar told media this was the biggest swing since the emergence of the two-party system in 1938, serving as an indication of just how significant this turnaround was. Key Labour candidates lost electorate seats in defeats that no one saw coming. Michael Wood lost Mount Roskill, and
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Recently on a TV debate, Chris Hipkins and Chris Luxon both said vaccine injured should not be compensated. Hipkins implied that ACC was in place to compensate the injured, but our experience is that ACC is going out of its way
nzdsos.com Dear Prime Minister, Minister of Health, MedSAFE General Manager, Director General of Health, Police Commissioner, major party leaders, President of RNZCGP, Human Rights Commissioner, Ombudsman, Chief Coroner, Chairman of the MCNZ, Chairman of the DCNZ, all Members of Parliament. Urgent Open Letter on the latest clear proof of
Three weeks ago I highlighted a very disturbing trend in benefit numbers. In the 10-week period to September 15, 2023 the number of people on a main benefit rose by 6,768 or almost two per cent, whereas, in the 10-week period ending September 16, 2022, the numbers
Harry Palmer The music has stopped once more after another triennial game of musical chairs and we are inflicted again with the usual pick’n mix self-serving collection of MPs who dance to the tune of their puppet masters. Will anyone notice a difference? The parliamentarians who have found
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I began this Blog 3 years back with the onset of Covid and the lockdown. But as I’ve advised for some time now, I’m pulling stumps with tomorrow’s election. One reason is I spend half the year abroad and it causes me some
Christopher Luxon announced an admirable goal of doubling New Zealand’s exports within 10 years. This is something which simply must occur in order to make us a wealthy nation again, but the lack of enthusiasm for the policy shows the ‘New Zealand Disease’ is at the ‘luetic’ stage. Mike
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* The author, Andrew Bydder, is a Hamilton City Councillor. These are his personal views. Voter turnout for council elections is around 33%. It is hard to describe the results as democratic when, for whatever reason, the majority don’t see voting as worthwhile. Clearly, something is wrong. The usual complaint
Enjoy this fourth episode of Aotearoa Farm by Maree Buske. Move over Animal Farm… Aotearoa Farm is a modern-day online radio serial. Maree Buscke of Wednesday’s Counter Culture show shares with listeners her weekly instalments of the dramatic happenings on Aotearoa Farm (formerly known as Kiwi Farm). Today,
Due to the vagaries of the Electoral Act, we can’t put the full replay or one of the interviews as it would promote a candidate or parties. However, we can publish David Farrar’s interview as it is just a review and analysis of polling during the campaign. Enjoy!
Festival goers who managed to make it to the road and parking lot where their vehicles were parked found themselves trapped in a traffic jam, with militants stalking the cars and spraying those inside with gunfire. In societies of what would normally be called civilized and honest, there are groups
