Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com The announcement over the weekend that Australia has decided to allow New Zealanders who have lived in Australia for four years to acquire Australian citizenship has been greeted with mixed emotions in New Zealand. On the one hand, a great many people have welcomed the new
I’m not really intending to make this a series, but the response to my last two articles has been surprising. So let’s make it a trifecta. Let’s talk about Winston. Winston Peters. The Lazarus of the political scene. He has resurrected himself more times than an extra
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. The revelations that the Race Relations Commissioner, Meng
The Defence Force is in crisis. It’s actually worse than that: if it were an accident victim being triaged, it’d be classified as unlikely to live, regardless of what care it received. That’s how bad it is, as we will demonstrate to readers with leaked internal documents
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A growing grassroots movement is campaigning to have the Marsden Point oil refinery operating again. […] Operation Good Oil spokesman Karl Barkley is travelling throughout the country promoting the project, which aims to get shareholder control of Channel Infrastructure and reinstate the refinery. If 100,000 people bought a hundred shares
Colin Parkinson As we remember those who have sacrificed their lives for this country, so that we may live in freedom, let us also take time to reflect on where our country has been, where it is now and where it seems to be heading. Lest we forget those who
A new version of Nobody Someone’s “You Will Not Stand Alone” was recorded with eight guest musicians. All musicians are New Zealand artists who are anti-mandate and pro-freedom. The artists began uniting since 2021, by contributing their original songs to the 5 volumes of Freedom Music Compilations.
Hipkins and McAnulty have performed a water-conjuring trick by making co-governance disappear. This was a word which we thought had become part of the New Zealand lexicon because we had heard it so often. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the Ministry of Truth would use a
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is a lecturer in Government and Public Policy at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Minister of Justice Kiri Allan is currently pushing through a programme of reform to the rules around political fundraising by politicians. And
April 25th marks the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during World War I, at Gallipoli. New Zealand and Australia mark the anniversary each year, remembering not only those who died at Gallipoli, but all who have served their country in times of war. The
The Government has re-jigged Three Waters and added more complexity, but the essential parts of the reforms remain racist and undemocratic. You’d think they’d pull back, but, no: they are ramming it through in the remaining months before the election. Heather du Plessis-Allan comments: Credit to
Even more disruption is planned for school students this term, with PPTA members undertaking rolling strikes to put pressure on the government. With increased truancy rates and sinking standards of literacy and numeracy, our education sector is in a real mess. PPTA has announced from Monday, members in secondary and
Alwyn Poole Education Plus … Challenging Mediocrity I am often asked to make clear the NCEA system. I have done my best below but please keep in mind I only have an undergrad (economics), a Masters (education), a teaching diploma and a post grad in sports management. Oh… and 32years in
Tim Tripp timtripp.substack.com Cartoonist, Writer, Photographer, Marketing & Advertising – Christchurch, New Zealand. ACT 1 “I have seen too many frightful proofs in court – the devil is alive in Salem, and we are not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points.” Arthur Miller, The Crucible Standing in the
