My article Why Is National Not in the Lead got a strong response from our readers and a large number of comments. In reading the responses, two things hit me like the proverbial brick. Here is the first, in a comment from Gazotaki: Challenging the speaker is unheard of within
As I predicted on Tuesday the IPCA report into Police actions at the Parliament Protest has essentially been a whitewash, liberally sprinkled with justification for their actions and a grab for more power by way of enhanced trespass laws. The police watchdog has found, despite a number of police failings
Rt Hon Winston Peters Press Release The IPCA report on the parliamentary protest has been released and makes a number of points, but notably reiterates one important one. Police knew and assessed that the original protest was legal and attended by a majority of legitimate voices. This is the point
G P Stephenson John Tamihere is a former Labour Cabinet minister and the chief executive of Whanau Ora and West Auckland Urban Maori organisation Te Whanau o Waipareira. He is tane vice-president of Te Pati Maori. OPINION: If we were playing Jeopardy, the answer is Maori, and the winning
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
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher Part 13 of 18 The social conditions prevailing in the Kingdom of England and Wales at the very beginning of the 18th century were such that the parliament of the Kingdom
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below, an excellent article by National MP Simon O’Connor who is not someone I would normally share much opinion with. For example, Simon initially trained for the priesthood and is a fervent Royalist, two bloody good reasons for him to be publicly hanged. But
National’s woke project is going gangbusters. First Maureen Pugh was attacked by Christopher Luxon and the deputy scold, Nicola Willis, for wrong-think regarding climate change. Pugh was sentenced to remedial reading on the topic. Now Joseph Mooney is in danger of being sent to the re-education camps
I would suggest @Kieran_McAnulty has a read of Ko te tuarua (Article 2) of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the guarantee of tino rangatiratanga to “ki nga tangata katoa o Nu Tirani” – every single person in New Zealand. https://t.co/gWPvGsQpQA — Joseph Mooney MP (@JosephMooneyMP) April 16, 2023
A constant whinge from the green-left and their media cheerleaders is “Tax the Rich!” Millionaires paying tax rates lower than the lowest earners, whines Stuff. How super-rich Kiwis dodge tax, bellows the NZ Herald. All of which amounts to them running puff pieces for the Greens’ proposed “wealth
Helen Houghton Co-leader New Conservative The Ministry of Education needs to explain why they are deceiving parents. Parents have not had input into the appalling new sexuality guidelines that the MOE published in 2020, which have several alarming elements around privacy and parents’ rights. This is a stark contrast
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher Part 12 of 18 There is an eminently viable alternative to the present banking and monetary system, known as a full Sovereign Money system, an early advocate for which was Nobel
SPEECH: Christopher Luxon – India–New Zealand Summit Speech The presence of all of you at this summit demonstrates the value that each of you puts on the relationship between India and New Zealand. And my presence, alongside other National MPs and candidates, shows that the National Party also values that
On Thursday the IPCA will release the report into their year long investigation into the actions of Police at the Wellington protest. There are reports that hardware stores around the Wellington region have run out of whitewash, buckets and paint brushes. The Independent Police Conduct Authority will release the findings
Voters United organisers are delighted with the public response to the launch of the initiative nearly a month ago and say their membership is growing daily. So far, the group has been endorsed by former ACT Party leader and Reality Check Radio host Rodney Hide and by Health Forum New
