Jacqui Van Der Kaay democracyproject.nz Jacqui Van Der Kaay is a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington. She is a former journalist, holds a Masters degree in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington and has a specialist interest in political leadership, voter behaviour, immigration and how social
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org If there’s a topic that bores me more than any other it’s the battle of the sexes. I don’t do feminism, girl-power, sisterhoods, women’s groups or any such thing where only women play leading roles. The flavour is simply not my
Marama Davidson seems to not know how to apologise for her racist and sexist attack on Saturday. She has in fact refused to apologise and has instead “clarified” what she meant as she strode down Princes Street away from Albert Park after supporting the violence against women who were just
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Real estate agents operate under the Real Estate Agents Act, needless to say overseen by a farcically large Wellington bureaucracy. The Act’s expressed objectives are the regulating of real estate agents, the raising of standards and to provide a disciplinary process to deal with
MP Stuart Nash is no longer a Minister. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.If you enjoyed this article please
Jose Caballero Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center International Institute for Management Development (IMD) China’s billions of dollars in global investments and infrastructure projects seem to be paying off politically and economically. Just recently, Honduras signalled it is set to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, having been one of
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Ashley Bloomfield has a seat at the table of ‘global health’ which has in fact become a guise for the establishment of global fascism. It is clear that digital identification and further mandated “public health interventions” such as quarantines, lockdowns, experimental
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com A few weeks ago, the New Zealand media gave some coverage to the spectacle of the US President and the Prime Ministers of Australia and the UK signing an agreement whereby Australia will buy eight nuclear-powered submarines over the next two decades at a cost
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend their
Saturday’s violence at Albert Park unleashed a tsunami of evidence that violence is not only condoned, it is totally acceptable when select groups are threatened. The Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence attended the “Let Women Speak” rally – not to support women – but to support members
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. Bravo Kellie-Jay. You did the job that
Bob Thompson The recent news that Te Pukenga needs $500 million to help with the amalgamation, got me thinking of a better way. A couple of the things that the creation of Te Pukenga was going to solve were: * Reduce costs. Polytechnics were continually losing money. Some were doing OK
It is a rare day indeed that I will ever agree with Rachel Smalley. She has an intense personal dislike towards me, whereas I am ambivalent towards her. She isn’t especially bright, but likes to think she is, and isn’t slow in telling others just how brilliant she
Not good news @nzlabour @NZGreens ….YOU caused this to happen. You encouraged it, you condoned it and now the people of this country will suffer…again. And to think this is an election year…… https://t.co/NeSOtpuU6k — Corina Shields (@AuntyHeihei) March 26, 2023 Discuss it on The BFD. If
New Zealand First Media Marama Davidson should stand down as ‘Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence’ for the clear and outrageous statement she made at the Posie Parker protest that ‘white straight men’ are the cause of violence. Her offensive, racist, and sexist remarks are typical of
Vision New Zealand Leader of Vision New Zealand, Hannah Tamaki, says the Refresh of Sexuality and Gender Curriculum now being pushed through our education curriculum and management of schools HAS GONE TOO FAR. “This is not education this is indoctrination of our children with liberal ideologies that 69 per cent
