The public of New Zealand has a right to know about this radical Maori social engineering. We all need to be reminded of the Maori groups that have listed hundreds of privately owned sites across New Zealand that they believe they have claim to. Properties, land holdings and even farms
Labour List MP Tamati Coffey announced yesterday that he’ll be standing down at this year’s election to “spend more time with his family”. 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
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science In recent days social media has been awash with the scandal of Matt Hancock’s “lockdown files”, following a leak of his private WhatsApp messages to staffers during the UK lockdown. The below headline from The Telegraph’s Lockdown Files Team refers to
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Above is the graph that was used recently in the IMAC webinar to discuss the safety and efficacy of the new grey top Pfizer bivalent booster vaccine. The new bivalent booster vaccine supposedly protects against the original Wuhan strain and the
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This column was first published at The Common Room, commonroomnz.com Who would have thought a very ill wind would blow the Greens no good? After devastating floods in January
Family First Press release Family First NZ says that people applying to be marriage celebrants continue to have their applications rejected if they do not want to officiate at same-sex ‘weddings’ due to their personal beliefs or convictions, despite assurances by politicians that this would not occur, and despite
We can assess political expertise acquired from qualifications and previous employment and experience and compare them with the responsibilities required for the portfolio(s) held. How do our Ministers’ qualifications and experience measure up? The government allocated 58 portfolios to 20 Cabinet Ministers. The latest one, Minister for Cyclone Recovery,
Grant Duncan Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning Massey University It’s been a difficult time for senior public servants recently – at least it has been for those willing to express their political views publicly. One has been sacked, another offered his resignation, and yet another has been
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll is out and lacklustre National is again trailing Labour, while their hapless leader is getting slayed by Hipkins. For the first time in a year, Labour has taken the lead on 35.5% up 1.1 points on last month while National is on
A senior government analyst has been accused of providing privileged information to the Chinese government by the Security Intelligence Service. Yuan Zhao, who also goes by the name Jason, says he and his family were “detained” at Wellington Airport in October by the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) as they were
On Sunday evening following Christopher Luxon’s State of the Nation speech I browsed the comments on Backchat. Most were fixated on his announcement of a childcare rebate, calling it a policy more suited to Labour. On that point, it’s hard to disagree. However, following a comment from Carmel
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com How quickly things change in politics. The Ardern era is behind us. Just as water instantly closes over a stone that’s been thrown into a river, leaving no trace of where it fell, so the former prime minister has already assumed the character
Willie Jackson, one of Parliament’s biggest racists, and a blowhard to boot, never knows when it is best to shut up. He just loves the sound of his own voice and is one of those politicians who thinks if he can just keep on berating you for a few
Pharmac chair Steve Maharey‘s political columns broke impartiality rules for public servants but haven’t met the threshold for a sacking, the The Public Service Commissioner says. […] A code of conduct for Crown Entity board members requires political impartiality. However, Maharey – who is also the chair of ACC and
