NZ Politics
Hipkins’ Smart Move Needs Substance
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. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire yesterday is exactly what the Labour Government needed to do. It sends the most powerful signal yet that with
This Is What They Did to Us
Mark Freeman A woman injured by the Covid-19 vaccine was shocked at her treatment from her then-employer and the medical system but has found her experience to be a great opportunity to engage other people in conversation about the jab. Lisa* (not her real name) was working on
Young Person: Use Your Vote
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,
Back in 2012 Maori Wanted Control of Our Water
Jim Cable In the process of perusing and deleting some old files, I came across this letter I’d written to John Key back in 2012. I’d forgotten all about it – along with whether or not he ever replied. However to me, the essential point it reveals is that
Is He a Racist like You?
Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com The Honourable Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. “Is he a racist
Reverse Ferrets? Not So Much
So, Chris Hipkins has performed a reverse ferret of sorts on some key policies. But there hasn’t been any indication of any willingness to abandon other important policies, yet. But are the reversals really reversals, or have they just parked the policies hoping for a win in October and
PM – Scrap the Firearm Register
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc At a time when Government is trimming its policies to better manage the cost of living crisis, is it not also sensible to scrap the firearm register, that will cost $ 1 Million per week to administer, and serve no useful
NZ’s Health System on Life Support
Robin Gauld Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean University of Otago As New Zealand’s COVID cases rose in 2021, we were warned the virus would put significant pressure on our health system. But, in reality, New Zealand’s medical system has been struggling for a long time. Over and over
Piece by Piece Our Freedom Is Being Taken Away
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As we settle into a new year and new leader, we optimistically look with hope to the horizon of better times ahead, yet already we are once again facing the stronghold of censorship in our lives, as the grip tightens on
Waitangi Day Realism
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com If Waitangi Day truly carried the significance for New Zealanders as the media presents it, instead of its reality, namely another paid holiday off work, then it would manifest itself accordingly with celebrations across the land. It does not. Instead a bunch of victims who
Cut from the Same Cloth as Galileo?
On Tuesday David Seymour kicked the year off for the ACT party. They were kind enough to email a copy of his speech to me in the weekly Free Press and it is breathtaking in its disconnect. Much of the speech is the usual fare – Labour is bad, National hasn’
Labour Decides They Care about Working Class Maori
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. In recent decades the Labour Party has lost its traditional connection with working-class voters, becoming more of a middle-class party of liberalism. This
New Zealand Is Reaching a Crisis Point
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that New Zealand is rapidly approaching a crisis point. There are now two fundamentally different views of our future and there is no way to reconcile them. On the one hand, we have the view implicit in the Government’
Roy Morgan Poll Shows Bounce for Labour
Isn’t it funny that when the politicians take an extended Christmas break and aren’t shoving their faces into our lives, their poll ratings go up? The latest Roy Morgan poll confirms a post Christmas and post-Ardern bounce for Labour. The questions will be whether the bounce can