Nick Stewart The floods, having caused devastation to land and life, will also devastate the Hawke’s Bay economy by putting pressure on many businesses that are also having to deal with flooded homes and staff members who have lost everything. Many have still not regained their pre-Covid strength
In my last article, I made the point that I thought Maori were good navigators. This was in relation to Rawiri Waititi and his ill-considered remarks to do with replacing Valentine’s Day with Captain Cook Day. In effect, he wanted to replace celebrating love with celebrating murder and
Colin Parkinson I received an email from Simeon Brown inviting me to help with his campaign. This one was addressed as a generic “Dear All” rather than the much more personalised “Hi friend,” that he usually uses. Has Simeon stopped thinking of me as a friend? Should I be hurt
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology,
The NZ Herald had an article yesterday outlining how Jacinda Ardern’s decision to bail out early, despite promising that she’d stay full term, went down. Basically, the poor dear had had a tough year. Boo hoo! Ardern said when she made her announcement that there was no specific
New Zealand faces a more grave threat from within than from without. Our own ruling class has done a better job than any foreign antagonist could hope to do. Running concurrently with the disestablishment of New Zealanders’ democratic and Human Rights we have a bunch of psychopaths wanting to destroy
Timothy Welch Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning University of Auckland Another extreme weather event has highlighted the weak points in New Zealand’s critical infrastructure. As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped across the North Island, nearly 225,000 people lost power. The cause is relatively obvious: many houses and buildings are connected
If Cyclone Gabrielle has taught us anything it is that when it comes to so-called climate change or global warming, charity begins at home. It’s past time we stopped trying to save the world (which we can’t) and looked at the crises we have in our own
Professor Elizabeth Rata bassettbrashandhide.com Dear Prime Minister Hipkins, We, the undersigned, draw your attention to two major problems in the Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Refresh policy and in the associated NCEA qualification reforms. These problems were created during your tenure as Minister of Education and can only be
Politicians really give me the screaming dabdabs sometimes. The latest fool to utter foolish words is Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who has declared that NZ needs to “get real” about its vulnerable roading network. Say what? New Zealand needs to “get real” about its vulnerable roading network in the aftermath
Brian Tamaki With talk of Luxon being replaced as leader circulating, it brings up a deeper issue that’s been festering away for some time in the National party. It’s the “Political Cancer” that’s been eating away at the party. It started way back when the party had
It’s been interesting watching the discussion around ‘misinformation’, ‘disinformation’ and ‘extremist content’ online. In fact, this is a new concept that has only recently entered the public discussion around digital technologies and social media. I think it is remarkable that our political elites consider them such a threat to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Prime Minister Hipkins is currently getting a free ride with the bored media trying to promote him as an appealing fresh new broom. He’s anything but that. Take the invention of a hitherto unheard nick-name “Chippy”, this to induce a likeable character,
