Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Under the spectre of a looming jet fuel shortage in New Zealand, attributed by many as being due to the closure of the Marsden Point Refinery, the NZ Government has announced a new initiative to tackle the issue. “We’re expecting a lot more fuel
righttolife.org.uk Dr Simon Snook, an owner of abortion clinics in New Zealand, has boasted about ending the lives of more babies through his new ‘0800 dial an abortion’ service than expected, saying that in the first two weeks of its launch the new service “completely went off”. Following
Phil Green Yesterday, Kerre Woodham treated the world to an opinion piece on NewstalkZB about the perils of smoking. Her main point was, “You wouldn’t want your children doing it.” Well, in the deep well of excess that we worry about our children getting up to these days, I
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. Yesterday’s announcement by Finance Minister Grant Robertson that the Government will axe half-price fares for public transport in an election year certainly seems
The Government touted Three Waters as a way to save ratepayers and taxpayers money but within a week of them ramming the bill through parliament we find out that the cost of the new IT system, to replace IT systems councils already have in place to manage water, has ballooned
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After having a laugh about it, Jacinda Ardern and I are going to auction a signed copy of the Hansard (official record) of her calling me an “arrogant prick” to raise money for pricks everywhere, a great cause, the Prostate Cancer Foundation. https://t.co/6QJ0bV73Zc pic.twitter.com/5FzIzqUiQf
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The old saying ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ came into play in Parliament this week. Not surprisingly it concerned the Prime Minister. It followed her answer to a question from David Seymour who, in my opinion, is the most eloquent questioner on the Opposition benches. He frames his
Alexander Gillespie Professor of Law University of Waikato Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier. The royal commission will likely agree with his finding: while
Branko Marcetic democracyproject.nz Branko Marcetic is co-host of the podcast 1 of 200 and a staff writer for Jacobin magazine The government’s Three Waters debacle is an unfortunate one. By trying to heavy-handedly push entrenchment through under urgency and without public debate, then backtracking, and the
I have met David Seymour. He is much smaller in real life than I expected. He is quiet, polite and amenable. He can be quite smart in the House, but let’s face it, he has a lot of material to work with. One thing he is not is an
Guy Hatchard PhD 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 manager
The Worlds of Journalism Study, conducted by Massey University and released in October 2022 asked a number of interesting questions of NZ journalists. The aspect that most interested me was their self-professed political views. The results were: * Left of centre 81% * Right of centre 15% Of the 81% who
