Hayden Woods Financial independence means freedom. No wonder the system wants to keep people trapped under a crippling debt burden or reliant on government-controlled welfare. No wonder housing affordability is the weapon of choice. The population is divided into the Haves and Have-nots, because even the Haves are
Bruce Logan familyfirst.org.nz Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ. He was also a founding director of The Maxim Institute The British philosopher Roger Scruton has claimed, “the first move the totalitarian mentality makes is to stop free-minded, open scholarship in pursuit of truth”
Janet Wilson commonroomnz.com Janet Wilson is a freelance journalist and communications consultant. This article was first published at The Common Room “No one has ever doubted that truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other, and no one as far as I know, has ever counted
The latest 1News poll is out and finally National has managed a small lead that is beyond the margin of error. It’s a start but it has to be maintained as we move into the campaign proper. A National-ACT coalition would have the numbers to govern if an
John Tookey Professor of Construction Management Auckland University of Technology Do you have gas? It’s a personal question that may cause offence – and not always for the obvious reason. Because the way we choose to cook or heat our homes is increasingly becoming something of a sore point. Since
NZ First Media New Zealanders will be highly concerned that the World Health Organisation proposes to effectively take control of independent decision making away from sovereign countries and place control with the Director General. W.H.O International Health Regulations on future outbreaks of disease aim to give the Director
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com We have discovered some tricks the government used to remove the legal requirement for informed consent. But not the moral one, of course. Prior to Covid-19, a person authorised to administer a vaccine in an approved immunisation programme needed to
John Black stuffednz.co ‘Our A.I consultants have recommended we replace our human leader with a new improved A.I version’ announced National chief political strategist, Roger Slick. ‘The improvements include hair, political judgement, charisma and the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes.’ Although initially wary, the National
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
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher Part 16 of 18 As house prices relentlessly increase to the point where almost everybody acknowledges that we have a house price bubble, people see younger-generation couples less and less
Danny Bedingfield President, Prostate Cancer Foundation New Zealand Cancer kills, but early detection of cancer reduces the number who die from it. Whatever the circumstances, there are always better clinical outcomes if the existence of cancer is known earlier. Our health system and government know this, and currently takes action
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The release of government budgets used to be memorable affairs. Crowded around the radio or telly, it was excise tax changes on petrol, alcohol and cigarettes that exercised Kiwis the most. Some, car keys at the ready, would make a mad dash to try to
I was on Counter Culture with Maree Buscke yesterday taking about gun ownership and crazy law making. Enjoy. Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight to the mainstream media. Will you help fund our NewsDesk? * For security reasons, credit card donations require
Just when you thought you’d made it through the economic pain the Reserve Bank rolls out another massive hike in the Official Cash Rate. Just as people were starting to see light at the end of the tunnel the Reserve Bank announces that the light is in fact the
Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD on
