Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com As I’ve frequently written before, ignore political polls. Their format simply no longer works, not just here but everywhere. They’ve been wrong for a decade now in 70% of elections and often dramatically astray. In my view, the only things which will save
Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. Stuart Nash, the ‘renewed’ Minister of Police, says he doesn’t think dairies should sell tobacco. Call me old fashioned, but maybe Nash as the Minister of Police needs to focus on ensuring these criminal thugs are caught and held to account, instead of waxing
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has had a dream start. Uncontested for the leadership, he was then thrust into centre stage by the dreadful weather events that caused havoc and a tragic loss of life in Auckland. While Labour MPs will be
The Human Rights Commission, the same organisation that remained silent when Jacinda Ardern’s Government trampled all over the Bill of Rights during the Covid emergency, has now come out and essentially said that they endorse the Government’s further abrogation of the Bill of Rights and wholeheartedly back moving
Removing GST from food is certainly an option as it seems to work in Australia but the removal of GST from staple food products can create huge administration problems. For example: Is ice cream a non-staple food even though it is considered a dairy food product? If you enjoyed
Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Recently Westpac New Zealand had a technical issue Which resulted in some Mastercard credit and debit card payments not being processed correctly. This is another example of why we don’t want to live in a cashless society. We all know that tech issues
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt’s comments this morning about white supremacy and co-governance show he is unfit for office and reinforce the need to abolish the left-wing Human Rights Commission. Hunt’s claim that ‘white supremacy and institutional racism [are] woven
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
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Newly elected Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has a monumental task ahead of him, to restore and regenerate our country after his predecessor’s abrupt resignation and leaving him the parting gift of a country divided and a laundry list of problems.
The Ship of State is an ancient and oft-cited metaphor expounded by Plato in the Republic, Book 6, which likens the governance of a city/state to the command of a vessel. He expands on the metaphor by arguing the only people fit to command the ship are philosopher
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. New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much
Nicole McKee ACT Firearms Reforms spokesperson New Police proposals for licensed firearms owners include making them pay for the cost of Police attendance at a burglary, the Government wants licensed firearms owners to pay for the privilege of being burgled. Licensed Firearms Owners deserve the same rights as any other
drongo: noun This great Australian insult was originally an RAAF term for a raw recruit. It first appeared in the early 1940s, but its origin reaches back to the name of the racehorse Drongo, who ran in the early 1920s. No Phar lap, Drongo was famed for its poor form,
It is election year and commenters and pundits are all calling for people to vote for the National Party so we can rid ourselves of this Labour regime. But what are the differences really between Labour and National? From my perspective, they are different sides of the same coin. As
