NZ Politics
The Stats in Welfare and the Disconnect
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Why Can’t Young Kiwis Listen?
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Defeating false narrative with reason and logic Albert Park in Auckland is beautiful at this time of year. The students at the nearby universities are privileged to have such a treasure on their doorstep. It is a wonderful place to sit, to listen to music,
A Witch-hunt of the Century
Helen Houghton New Conservative Co-leader Women are no longer safe in New Zealand due to the government’s promotion of a lobby group that has the mandate to rule and reign over the rights of all other New Zealand citizens. Not only have the government allowed and empowered this
The Curious Coincidence of Continued ACT Attacks on NZ First
On Friday in Howick, Winston Peters delivered his state of the nation speech to a packed and overflowing audience. Not long after, Newshub, the go-to media outlet for ACT Party attack pieces, was telling us that apparently Winston Peters was a liar regarding He Puapua. Some commenters on Friday
Face of the Day
Going from bad to worse. The official start of the national polytech (Te Pukenga) merger was 01 January 2023. As Education Minister, Hipkins promised to take a good look at the dire situation last year as admin and costs ballooned and the new crown entity seemed to struggle to get
Have Medical Ethics Been Thrown Out?
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As with almost every health service worldwide now, UCSF Health in California appear to have abandoned medical ethics and critical analysis at the altar of Big Pharma, with mask rules and Covid industry propaganda front and centre on their homepage. Californian
The Real State of the Nation
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader St Andrews Presbyterian Church 11 Vincent St Howick 2pm Friday 24 March 2023 Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today and in your busy lives turning up to this meeting. Forty five years ago, in Howick, often
A Minister Committed to Her Silver Bullet
Stuart Smith http://stuartsmith.national.org.nz/ A silver bullet solution is hard to resist: it is easy to promote and potentially the stuff that legacies are made of. Last week we saw Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods succumb to this, when she doubled down on the Lake Onslow
Voters United: for Informed Voting Options
Mark Freeman Collective, strategic voting is the way to get a minor party into Parliament in the upcoming general election, says a group that’s offering to advise voters on how to do that. Voters United are a Wellington-based group concerned about government overreach and the direction the elected
Free Speech or Transphobia?
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. Kellie-Jay Keen is yet to land in
Why the Mandates Made No Sense
Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Just to clarify things in view of this RNZ article on 21 March 2023, NZTSOS will be in the Court of Appeal in Wellington on 19 April 2023 (i.e. ‘later this year’). Their appeal will challenge the outcome of the Judicial Review
The War to Let Women Speak!
There’s a movement afoot seeking mainstream acceptance of a definition of sexuality that some traditionalists view as deviant behaviour or a mental illness or both. The “Drag Queen Story Hour” snuck into New Zealand libraries to visually assault pre-schoolers with the spectacle of transvestites wearing women’s skimpy
The OCR Doesn’t Affect Banks as Much as You Think
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 4 of 18 When an EFTPOS payment or a cheque from a customer of one bank is deposited with a competing bank, not only is money transferred from the payer’
Luxon Is Woke, Wet and Weak
Christopher Luxon waded into the Posie Parker debate, and when I say waded I mean it literally: he was so woke and wet he almost drowned in his puddle of weakness. National leader Christopher Luxon wants Kiwis to be able to express their sexuality or identity “without any persecution”, but
Face of the Day
This weekend groups of women will meet in Wellington and Auckland to discuss a topic one would assume would be welcome in 2023: women’s rights. As has always been the case in the feminist movement, the groups will be disproportionately made up of mothers and lesbians; the kind of