There’s an old idiom about putting foxes in charge of the hen-house: trusting someone who should not be trusted to oversee a situation. You wouldn’t appoint a bank robber to guard a bank, for instance. And you certainly wouldn’t appoint someone with a history of supporting
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Mike Munro in the Weekend Herald illustrated the political thinking of the left beautifully. It is both simplistic and dangerous. He was writing about Three Waters and the problem the government has in articulating its message. His view is that there is a simple fix to this thorny little issue.
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
When Rob Campbell was sacked for his intemperate comments on LinkedIn, I said that it would set a precedent and that the actions of the ministers involved would likely see other scalps claimed. Steve Maharey is in hot water over similar comments attacking the National Party in political columns. Health
Willie Jackson is having a cry about Mike Hosking objecting to race-based flood funds after Cyclone Gabrielle. In a scathing Facebook post, the Maori Development Minister unleashed on Hosking for what he called an “exceptionally insulting diatribe” about the Government’s $15 million relief package to support Maori communities
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Michael Wood needs to scrap his proposed Land Transport Government Policy Statement (GPS) and start again. Instead of governing for the needs of New Zealanders as he was elected to do, he is trying to force them to change their own behaviour to fit his
In the (roughly) two weeks since Gabrielle struck, this Government has done precious little of the nitty-gritty of the monumental task of repairing roads and bridges, houses and people’s livelihoods. It looks like the job is beyond them. So far all we have seen via the news is
Post cyclone Gabrielle Hawkes Bay is facing a massive and unprecedented clean-up mission. A crucial component of this clean-up mission is the role government ministers and local MPs are required to play to ensure the region’s immediate and long-term needs are met. That and recent events
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science Press Release Tangible evidence of the depths to which intellectually lazy but dangerous ideology has infected every level of government was shoved unwelcome into everyone’s letterboxes last week, building on carbon neutral, safe and effective, “do it for grandma” and other ideologies
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. National’s pitch to voters is both progressive and shrewd. Christopher Luxon declared a war on business consultants in his state of the nation speech
I’ve seen a lot of reverse ferrets in my time, but the one yesterday by Michael ‘Donkey’ Wood is one of the fastest I’ve ever seen. Within hours of the policy release came the backdown. Is Michael Wood trying to white-ant Labour and Chris Hipkins? Newshub understands
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Luxon entered from left stage and failed to bat away the nonsensical response from the high priest of Climate Change misinformation. Typically National Party supporters allowed leader Christopher Luxon to throw their MP under the bus, publicly belittling her and forcing her to recant. If you enjoyed this article please
Reacting to the expected walk back by the Government, National transport spokesperson Simeon Brown said: “Michael Wood looks like he is back-pedalling on his proposals to raid the road maintenance fund to build cycle lanes – just showing how out of touch he is on transport policy”. “This is the
As we’ve shown in previous posts in this series, the New Zealand government’s most efficient – and secretive – response to Covid was not lockdowns or vaccination, but the establishment of a panopticon apparatus of spying and information control. This Orwellian Ministry of Truth starts at the PM’s office
