The Holocaust Foundation strongly objects to Dr Rawiri Taonui’s recent statements concerning Hitler and his gross misrepresentation of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. On 4 April 2023 Dr Taonui tweeted: “Hitler exercised an unfettered right to free speech and look where that ended” This is a significant misrepresentation of one
Auckland Light Rail (ALR) is paying about $920,000 a week to two engineering companies to plan and design the central city-to-airport light rail project and a further $310,000 to its own contractors and consultants. The figures came from Transport Minister Michael Wood in response to a
Louise M Diack kiwi-chronicle.ghost.io Recently I’ve found myself longing for another era of not too long ago. A less complicated time when people knew what a woman was and this was celebrated. Women had carved out their place in the world – as entrepreneurs, mothers, corporate leaders,
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics,
Family First familyfirst.org.nz Why is Christopher Luxon so keen to change our Easter trading laws? Public holidays are a social good, especially when shops are closed, allowing everyone a well-deserved break from the frenzy of modern life. As it currently stands, there are only 3.5 non-
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com In January when Chris Hipkins took over as Prime Minister he promised a policy reset. Everyone waited patiently, and when the announcement came, quite a few were prepared to think we really did have a new Labour government. Nanaia Mahuta’s obsession with Three Waters was
This government has proved beyond doubt that they are slow learners – very slow learners. And it appears they think the voting public are a ‘ship of fools’. That they thought they could get away with a bit of window dressing on a policy to which the majority of the country
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
As predicted, the crocodile tears about the falling trust in media have media commentators clutching their pearls. Apparently, words matter, and they really don’t like being called “mainstream media”: When Twitter owner Elon Musk labels publicly funded independent broadcaster as ‘state-affiliated media’, we have a problem. When the
Ardern like Sturgeon was never any more than a Cultural Marxist, for which the tell-tale sign is an active contempt for traditional society, as expressed in the ‘three Fs’ of faith, flag, and family. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top
Below is a tweet from Julie Anne Genter saying that “anti-trans BS comes from radical right wing Christian fascist movement”. This is incredibly insulting to Christians and yet another attack on Christianity. I doubt she would dare the same sort of comment about Islam. This comment is way up
Book burning refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. Usually carried out in a public context, the burning of books represents one element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning has a
bassettbrashandhide.com A review appeared at Newsroom on April 5 titled, “Book of the Week: The truth about ‘Maori privilege’.” Despite it containing an attack on Don Brash, he was refused right of reply by Newsroom editor Jonathan Milne who stated, “It’s a book review. Book reviews are meant
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants (alwyn.poole@gmail.com) innovativeeducation.co.nz linkedin.com/in/alwyn-poole Our State schooling system, with some exceptions where there is a strong and academically focused leader, is in deep trouble. Indicators are: * Less than 50% of students fully attending. * Clear indicators of poor
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com New Zealanders have been praised as efficient “lockdowners” by those who consider lockdown to be a public health intervention with merit. Whilst our counterparts in places such as the UK and parts of the USA faced strict lockdown measures concurrent with
Every time Grant Robertson, as Minister for Finance, opens his mouth about the economy, the word Covid pops up. When I hear those two words in the same sentence, I cringe. To my mind, Covid is a bad word, not because I think it will kill me, but because it
