Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Government was elected with 50 per cent of the vote three years ago, but current opinion polls show
Two weeks out from a general election and major parties are dropping like stones in the polls while small parties rise: NZ First hitting the magic 5% as Cam Slater predicted. MSM are doing their very best, but failing, to convince voters whom to vote for. Support for parties at
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The same day that New Zealanders vote in the General Election to choose a new government, Australians vote in the Voice referendum to see whether constitutional recognition will be given to Aboriginal people. This is a landmark decision for Australia. If the Voice succeeds, the
There has been a huge fuss in the media, especially from Newshub who have led the news two days in a row with the manufactured issue of The Press Debate. Labour stupidly called Christopher Luxon a ‘chicken’, despite the fact that it was Hipkins who bailed on the debate. Worse
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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
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com Tax cuts, crime, the cost of living, potholes and co-governance … these and various other issues are now familiar to most voters. But there has been one major election area missing the serious debate it needs: foreign policy. Whichever parties form the next
As the election draws ever closer so does the bond between the Labour Party and their media luvvies. The journalists are so unprofessional they don’t even try to hide it. Any little chink they can find in Luxon’s armour and they’re like flies around a rancid leg
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 Without so much as batting an eyelid, Chris Hipkins told an audience on Saturday that there had been
Coercion to achieve ‘equity’ has failed. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…it’s a duck, or in Labour’s case, it’s a separatist agenda. I reference Labour’s two-tiered system of governance based on race. It is something the country at large
Phil Green I don’t know about David Seymour’s wish for a four-year parliamentary cycle because considering the excitement and fuss generated within the past month, this is something I haven’t experienced since I was ten. Every three years is good enough for me, thank you very
Christopher Luxon, in his interview with Mike Hosking, has had a whinge and a sook about how his faith has been “misrepresented”. It’s a fairly black-and-white matter, either you are a Christian or you are not, you are either a Hindu or you are not, you are
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Mark Freeman Fifty people braved a wintery southerly wind to take part in Wellington’s first Stop Co-Governance street march on Saturday. The number was down on attendance at the Christchurch and Auckland marches, which had been more than 200 and more than 300 respectively. Escorted by police, marchers
