New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com In attempting to smear New Zealand First (NZF) by association in its imminent hit piece, the Sunday Star Times is all excited to report that an NZDSOS member had a meeting with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Dr Matt Shelton
Winston Peters dropped a massive policy announcement on the weekend; one that was barely covered by most of the media. It is an announcement that no other serious party can deliver on because their credibility on these issues is all shot to hell. They have handed this playing field over
National launched its campaign yesterday, with a pledge card listing commitments including inflation, education, law and order, healthcare and Net Zero by 2050. Discuss it on the BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click
Matthew Hooton writes a scathing review of National’s tax policy. National’s tax policy was much worse than expected. It reveals a party undeserving of being taken seriously. It has no plan to “fix the economy”, nor any idea of what one might look like. It seems uninterested in
Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Long serving Audrey Young is justifiably one of our most respected political journalists. In a recent New Zealand Herald article on who would lead Labour after the election, she staggered me with her suggestion it would be Kieran McAnulty, the current MP for Wairarapa. For a
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura New Zealand should be a country where, if you work hard, you can get ahead. But after years of economic mismanagement by Labour, topped off by two years of rampant inflation, huge increases in interest rates and a shrinking economy, most Kiwis are going backwards.
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I don’t know Nick Mowbray although I’m obviously aware of him. Recently a lawyer friend sent me a copy of his observations on bureaucratic growth, which I reproduce below. Thoughts of Nick Mowbray founder of Zuru. Its time NZ looked at our return on
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com A day or two ago, I read an attempt by a Minister in the present Labour Government to justify “co-governance”, a word now used to mean governance
Diane Sparkes I identify as Transsexual – born male, now – female, I will never claim to be a woman, so from experience, I know the truth. This is an ode to Winston Peters because he is a man who knows what all men are capable of – the same as women do.
Many politicians and Kiwis are ignoring the event, not daring to reflect on what just happened. Everything is back to normal. Working, taking holidays, parenting children, living their lives. There’s nothing to see here. Nothing to ponder on. New Zealanders succumbed easily to the longest and harshest of lockdowns
Enjoy this first 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). In
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Maori Gifting a name? How can anyone gift a Maori name when the Maori Language is the only official language of New Zealand? I can’t believe the arrogance of a certain class within Maoridom to believe that they have the right to gift a Maori name to anyone. If
Jonathan Barrett Lisa Marriott Victoria University of Wellington theconversation.com The National Party’s newly released tax package makes a clear and politically prudent play for the middle-income vote. Proposing to alleviate the financial pain of this “squeezed middle”, it may be key to determining who forms the next
