I, your intrepid eye-witness, have been in semi-hibernation for a little while, but having disposed of certain impediments to written communication for now, have emerged temporarily from my cave for a bit of a sniff around, to see what’s been going on. My first impulse on seeing
Gaslighter Ginny Andersen has already won the Gaslighter of the Week award at Reality Check Radio twice. She could be in for the hat trick after her union pals at the Police Association called bull dust on her claims of 1800 new Police. As the Government celebrates its milestone of
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Prime Minister Chris ‘Chippy’ Hipkins has been teasing for months his focus on meat pies and pastries for the upcoming election. The media coverage on the issue has been undeniable. In March it was reported that the Real Meat Pies bakery in Lower Hutt was still
Two articles in the Weekend Herald caught my attention. One was written by Mike Munro, a former chief of staff for Jacinda Ardern and press secretary for Helen Clark. The other was by Bruce Cotterill, a company director and advisor to business leaders. The articles unsurprisingly, were Chalk and Cheese.
New Zealanders are questioning what is going on. Frustration is building and more are asking the question, “What has happened to New Zealand?” It is so bad some say the country is close to being a failed state! There are big questions and big concerns. A group from the BFD,
If the Maori Party were kingmaker, would the result be legitimate? Revelations early in May 2023 in the NZ Herald that “the social services charity Waipareira Trust had agreed with Charities Services to cease making political donations and take steps to claw back $385,000 of interest-free loans made
Liam Hehir commonroomnz.com Liam Hehir is a lawyer and political commentator. He publishes his opinion pieces on The Blue Review on Patreon, is a guest writer for The Spinoff, and regularly appears as a panellist on Q&A with Jack Tame. This article was previously published at The
Just when you think Christopher Luxon is getting his act together along comes another self-inflicted wound to undo the headway he was just begining to make. It’s now a sad but predictable state of affairs for a man who is running out of time and feet to shoot
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
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com/post As cabinet ministers traipse around the country, feverishly talking up Budget largesse in the hope it will help their re-election, they inadvertently let slip what Labour’s key priorities are. A recent senior citizens’ meeting was told that grants to Maori are top priority.
The latest Minister of Police Ginny Andersen is no more than a very lightweight ‘smart-arse’ politician. My wife has a penchant for watching Question(able) Time in the House. I happened to be in the wrong room at the wrong time and caught the Minister trying to evade giving
Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Amongst the seemingly constant stream of ministerial missteps
Brian Tamaki Parents, where is your outrage at the Transgender agenda trying to recruit your kids, right under your noses, in our schools? If you’re a parent with children or youths in a state school, I’d strongly encourage you to keep your kids home this week and boycott
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com At a post-Cabinet press conference on the 8th of February, just two weeks after becoming New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins announced that Labour’s proposed hate speech legislation would be withdrawn and the matter referred to the Law Commission. He explained
