stats.govt.nz There was a provisional net migration gain of 65,400 in the March 2023 year, according to estimates released by Stats NZ. This reverses a net migration loss of 19,300 in the March 2022 year. The net migration gain of 65,400 in the March 2023
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura It’s incredible to think that this is already the 100th edition of the newsletter. It’s a good time to reflect on why I started writing these weekly updates in the first place. I was frustrated with the mainstream media for not fact-checking
As part of the Broadcasting Act 1989, the Electoral Commission determines the amount of funding each eligible party receives in accordance with the statutory criteria which includes the number of votes each party and its candidates received at the last general election, the number of MPs a party has, relationships
John Black stuffednz.co ‘It feels great to be a complete man again’, gushed the relieved leader of the opposition. ‘I’d hunted high and low…I couldn’t believe it when I saw them just sitting there in my wife’s underwear drawer. Then I remembered the early days
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. Last Saturday, King Charles III was crowned in
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Some months ago, this blog reprinted the final chapter of my autobiography, Incredible Luck. The chapter was headed “Does democracy have a future?” and dealt with the inherent temptation for elected governments to bribe voters with their own money. I quoted the great 19th century French
Corina Shields corinashields.substack.com This week is proving to be a particularly hard one for Maori MPs so for me questions are now being raised in regards to their suitability as Members of Parliament. Two days in a row Maori MPs have been kicked out of the house for
NewZealandDoc newzealanddoc.substack.com Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. There is an old joke that goes something like this: “Why do Baptists
Nearly a hundred wealthy New Zealanders just outed themselves as virtue-signalling flogs. Of course, that’s not what they want you to think, but that’s the obvious conclusion. A group of 96 wealthy New Zealanders are calling on the Government to tax them more. Here’s a thought:
Thomas Cranmer commonroomnz.com Thomas Cranmer is a lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. He divides his time between the UK and NZ. He writes on Substack exploring issues facing NZ under his nom du plume, Cranmer. This article was first
Yesterday I began a new media show on Reality Check Radio, called A Political Agenda. With Paul Brennan as the host, we had a panel of myself, Olivia Pierson and Chris Trotter. It is fair to say it is a BFD joint venture with three writers from The BFD and
Chris Hipkins has gone full retard on us all by declaring that minor parties should mind their Ps and Qs. It’s like he’s dragged out Jacinda Ardern’s school ma’am manual and started talking down to us all. We rejected her approach, and now we will reject
It seems the fear of nuclear power is in the physics of those who believe that every nuclear power plant has a big red button in a prominent location on a console somewhere, and if someone stumbles and accidentally pushes that button the entire plant and the surrounding countryside will
The man who narrated Police Ten 7 for 12 years – and who became a walking thesaurus with his descriptors of “morons”, “scumbags”, “murderous thugs”, “mindless lowlifes” and “gutless goons” – has three more words to summarise the show’s demise – “wokeness” and “political correctness”. […] The show has been cited by police
Holly Baines freetobechurch.nz A guest post from Holly Baines explaining the work of Free To Be Church in New Zealand and how Christian Concern encouraged them to stand for the freedom to worship. In 2020 the world stood still. Covid swept the globe, leaving in its wake unprecedented governmental
