The events of the last few days have shocked a lot of people. It’s enormously sad that Israel has been attacked by terrorists but hopefully, something good will come out of it. Hopefully, lots of folks are shaken out of their torpor. These events reminded me of a curious
Peoples’ first reactions to atrocities such as Hamas have carried out tells us all we need to know about them. If someone can react to the horror of children and elderly being slaughtered in shelters, women’s naked bodies paraded before cheering crowds, festival-goers gunned down mercilessly, and hundreds
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 on New Zealand’
Ross Smith As a frequent non-status quo political participant, I too have been a wasted vote denier before. My belief in the past was a hardened view of the virtue of sticking with my political choice all the way to the bitter end. After all, some say, “The only
Phil Green It was a big day for the BFD when the amazing Guy Hatchard revealed the news that he’d finally got that ‘Gotcha!’ moment when he revealed through OIAs that the Ministry of Health had permitted themselves over 11,000 exemptions from the Covid vaccine. There’s a
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
I am a surgical specialist in a provincial hospital in New Zealand. I was forced against my will by Ardern, Hipkins and Bloomfield to have three mRNA jabs to keep my job. I have a mortgage and a family to provide for. I left it as late as possible but
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. bassettbrashandhide.com Despite the well-documented failures of the Ardern-Hipkins government — whether in health, law and order, education or homelessness — it has been extraordinarily successful in one particular area. That is,
The National Party and Labour Party have followed Act’s lead and attacked NZ First and Winston Peters in the final week of the campaign. The desperation is palpable. Now David Seymour has re-issued his threat to sit on the cross-benches and dictate what goes through the house
By October of 1974 Mott the Hoople had four hit albums in America and completed a very successful tour – including a week-long ‘residency’ at Madison Square Garden – where every concert was sold out. But it was taking a toll on Mott frontman, Ian Hunter: he was under enormous pressure
JOINT STATEMENT The below joint statement was sent out yesterday. Since the time of publication, a number of politicians have spoken out condemning Hamas: New Zeal leader Alfred Ngaro, National’s Chris Luxon, ACT’s David Seymour and then Labour’s Chris Hipkins. We are pleased that these leaders responded
Although I voted on the second day of advanced voting, I am still watching the entire election campaign with great interest. This election is about swinging voters, and also the large number of ‘undecided’ voters that the polls continue to throw up. That makes it interesting. It is possible that
Nothing says desperation quite like concocting a scenario that has never happened in nine elections under MMP. Yet here we are, just six days out from the election, with National screaming and ranting that we could have a second election if they can’t do a deal with NZ First.
