I am feeling incredibly depressed and anxious these days. Admittedly, I have been incommunicado for quite a while, dealing with the ongoing decline and recent death of my elderly mum from dementia. Added to that is the even more recent death of my father-in-law, so my feelings are
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
It’s amazing what happens in politics. Just two days ago the media and pundits were praising Chris Hipkins for sacking Stuart Nash from the Police portfolio, even though he retained his other portfolios. They all said it showed how tough he was as Prime Minister. Then yesterday, after more
We must not forget that it was the National Party with the Act Party in tow, that signed up to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was the present Labour Party’s excuse to secretly request a “white-paper” written as a response to that declaration, He Puapua.
Statement from Todd Muller Since I was a young boy I wished to be an MP. When I entered parliament in 2014, I was determined to bring the best of myself to this special place. In the subsequent nine years I have tried to give my absolute all for my
Helen Houghton New Conservative Co-leader The medical sector is broken, education is broken, mental health is broken, transport is broken, households are broken, and the economy is broken, yet there is hope – if every minister in Parliament is prepared to work instead of focusing on saving their seat. This
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
Dear One News, Thanks for taking the time to poll the public on 3-Waters co-governance arrangements, finding that 79% of those polled had little or no understanding of the concept. It doesn’t help that you folks don’t have any understanding either. You’re a bit thick,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Stuart Nash is one of the more affable Government MPs. God knows what he’s doing in the Labour Party. A forestry expert with two forestry degrees and needless to say, like seemingly every typist, taxi driver, road worker etc, etc, the possessor of a
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. I teach a first year course at Victoria University of Wellington about government and the political process in New Zealand. In “Introduction to Government and
To paraphrase an excerpt from the Aeneid, beware of Chinese bearing gifts. The original quote refers to the Trojan Horse. So, it seems the Chinese are offering up a ‘Chinese Horse‘, in the form of aid, that will let them get a toehold into New Zealand via their “aid”. The
The Greens have had the mat well and truly pulled from under them in the past week by Chippy keeping on the fuel tax rebate, to the chagrin of Jack Tame on Q+A who accused him of adding ten to twenty tons of emissions by his actions. Next to
The question is hypothetical and refers to money this Government spent on healthcare over the last three years: $61.6 billion on Covid management and $6 billion on healthcare reform over two years. With a population of around 4.1 million, that’s just over $16,000 for every man,
Yesterday morning Stuart Nash was full of braggadocio as he blustered and harrumphed his indignation at being held to the same standard that Maurice Williamson was for interfering in policing and court issues by calling on his “mate” Andrew Coster to appeal a sentence. He had failed to understand the
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has accepted Stuart Nash’s resignation as Police Minister after the Labour MP on Wednesday admitted previously calling the Police Commissioner about appealing a court judgement. Newshub Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just
