The government has played all their cards in the budget. Everything they do from now on is on a wing and a prayer; they’ll need to throw everything at the problem they are facing, and it is a problem of their own making. How do Labour lose the next
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Mark Freeman As Sir Ashley Bloomfield basks in the glow of his recently-bestowed knighthood, he continues to promote the myths of the government’s ‘kindness’ during the recent “pandemic” and New Zealand’s low mortality rate. Some people are keen to hear his fictionalised account of the Covid era,
A mighty totara has fallen. That’s probably how Michael Wood sees it. Possibly not the fallen bit. If there’s one thing this gang of hopeless government ministers are good at it’s sheer arrogance. They appear to think they’re above the law. It would seem very few
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll came out on Saturday, and it shows again that National is failing to grow its share of the vote. National is essentially flatlining with just 17 weeks of campaigning left until the election. National is unchanged from last month on 36% while Labour drops
It was the Green Party’s turn to release a stunning party policy this past weekend. The Green Party has announced its own plan for households to meet rising costs, with an “Income Guarantee” that will ensure no one gets less than $385 a week in their pocket after tax
Damien Kingsbury Emeritus Professor Damien Kingsbury continues to research and occasionally supervises PhD candidates. He is a regular commentator for and contributor on regional political affairs to domestic and international media as well as writing articles and reviews for journals and other publications. Deakin University theconversation.com New Zealand pilot
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 – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Democracy in New Zealand could and should be improved in so many ways. So it’s a
Is it a Labour party mantra – ‘We have learnt from our mistake/s, and we are ready to move on’? Isn’t that the resolution to any problem, courtesy of Helen Clark many years ago? And now Ginny Andersen says time to move on with regard to Michael-the-incompetent
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Apparently Jacinda has copped criticism for accepting a Damehood while being a Republican advocate. All that shows is how bloody mindbogglingly stupid many people are, the two being totally unconnected. It’s absurd that the Charles goof on the other side of the world, or indeed
National MP for Kaikoura stuartsmith.national.org.nz I attended the Taxpayers Union’s ‘Stop Central Planning Committees’ meeting in Blenheim recently. Kudos to the Taxpayers Union for raising awareness about David Parker’s RMA reform bills which propose the establishment of 15 ‘Regional Planning Committees’ (RPCs). These RPCs – co-
“Here is the deal – New Zealand stopped replacing itself in 2016. I encourage all of you to go out there and have more babies if you wish, that would be helpful.” It’s true, he said those words. I should know – I was the one interviewing Luxon at the time.
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
Family First familyfirst.org.nz Family First NZ says that National Party leader Christopher Luxon is absolutely correct to sound a warning about the nation’s declining birthrate. According to the latest data from Stats NZ, the total fertility rate is 1.65 births per woman, dropping slightly from 1.
Brian Tamaki I am standing up to the Transgender agenda. I am drawing attention to this scourge in our schools and society. It’s crossed the line…it’s gone too far. This week I made a statement in a public meeting referring to The Warehouse and puberty blockers. An
