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
I like Barry Soper; he’s a true professional and the two of us go way, way, way back to the Muldoon era. He reckons there will be a change of Government and he reckons it will be because Chris Hipkins’s Government looks like a dog’s breakfast: Appearing
Dear BFD, A mate sent me this last night after a visit to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. He has complained directly to them but, as far as I know, the Gallery hasn’t responded. Regardless of the context of the MP’s historical comments, this has no place in
Helen Houghton Leader New Conservative It is not new for troubled youth who commit offences or who display unacceptable behaviour (those children who are under the care of Oranga Tamariki), to be given McDonald’s or special treats, which act as a positive reinforcement for bad behaviour. Youth Justice facilities
Chris O’Brien Spokesman for Life New Conservative Party New Conservative is opposed to euthanasia killing in New Zealand. Since the passing of the End of Life Choice Act in 2019 and its implementation in November 2021, over 300 people had been killed by a doctor or assisted to suicide
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com We claim to be a democracy in which equal participation in the political process is open to everyone. It’s simply not true and has never been. Huge financial advantages lie with existing Parliamentary Parties, notably in travel expenses used for campaigning in election years, paid
This will be an unpleasant video to watch. It is Christopher Luxon trying to explain his abject cowardice by hiding in the Beehive behind Jacinda Ardern’s skirts during the Wellington protest at Parliament. Christopher Luxon sounds pathetic. He sounds like a whining cissy in answering a very straight question.
Karl du Fresne Karl du Fresne blogs here bassettbrashandhide.com There’s a simple step that would ease the financial crisis in the universities while at the same time saving millions and going a long way toward neutralising a key source of the divisive culture wars. All that’s necessary
Nicole McKee ACT justice spokesperson Being nice to gangs because they’re victims of colonisation hasn’t worked – Labour’s real-world experiment has proved that. The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s report on gangs blames colonisation, crime against gang members and the idea that society has rejected
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 It’s hard to suppress my feeling that Green Party MPs inhabit another planet. Their policy announcement at
Phil Green With all the turmoil occurring in France presently, where youths are pillaging shops and burning cars and buildings, we in New Zealand watching the nightly news can breathe serenely and think: ‘That’ll never happen here.’ For a start, we don’t have poverty, a disaffected youth or
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole f ounded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.
The Government and Grant Robertson would have you believe that everything is going swimmingly in the economy. This is despite them tipping us into recession, borrowing and spending like a drunken sailor, with poorly targeted government spending, like the multi-billion dollar Covid fund, all fuelling rampant inflation. Everything is
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Fresh from the news that Labour wasted $531 million on expiring Rapid Antigen Tests, the interim financial statements for May show a Government in serious fiscal trouble. Previously damning forecasts can’t keep up with Grant Robertson’s fiscal incompetence. Looking at today’s interim
