David Seymour ACT Party Leader Labour yesterday announced it’s giving up. There is a cost of living crisis for five million Kiwis. Labour’ big answer today is to help 10,000, when the need is felt by millions. What’s more, the policy will be inflationary if it doesn’
The Review into the Future for Local Government has published its draft report which outlines recommendations to, as they say, “shape a more community-focused, citizen-centred local governance system”. Submissions and feedback are invited to assist with the final report (due June 2023) and must be in before 28
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
New Zealanders are no longer able to hate the government. Or so it seems. You could get reported to the NZSIS (New Zealand Security Intelligence Service) or the police if someone hears you saying you detest this government. You feel strongly that this Labour Government is the worst New Zealand
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The core role of the public service is to provide New Zealanders with essential services focused on achieving better outcomes and delivering for all Kiwis. Whether it be healthcare, education, transport or infrastructure, New Zealanders should get value for
Is the World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab the Puppet Master to the Jacinda Ardern puppet? The BFD can reveal that the two are very close and working hand in hand to ensure New Zealand leads the world in implementing the World Economic Forum’s master plan, The Great Reset.
The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll was released yesterday. Jacinda Ardern’s preferred prime minister rating has dropped to 29.9%. Christopher Luxon’s rating has also fallen: he’s at only 21.5%. For party preference, Labour has fallen to 32.3% – its lowest since Ardern became leader – and
Speech by Kate Hannah, director, The Disinformation Project, delivered at New Zealand International Science Festival 2022: [Introduction, in Maori of course] At the conclusion of the 23-day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Prime Minister stated: “One day it will be our job to try and
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard 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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Two days ago I wrote that
Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused
righttolife.org.uk The New Zealand Government has launched a new ‘DIY’ abortion scheme that allows women and girls to ‘free-phone’ a number and have abortion pills delivered to them in what has been described as ‘state-sponsored backstreet abortion’. Following the introduction of one of the most extreme
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Over the last few years, we have seen a series of policies creep in which seek to establish co-governance roles for iwi organisations, and just when you think you had heard it all Nanaia Mahuta releases the ‘Future for Local Government Report’ (FFLGR), which
Information Opinion Well, that’s disappointing. Don’t you think? The huge increase, that is, in ADD sufferers in New Zealand: those ‘Angry’, ‘Disappointed’ or ‘Disgusted’ in our prime minister: Ardern’s highest rating in the poll was for “disappointment”, at 35 per cent, a figure which included 26 per
It’s the Labour Party Conference this weekend and one has to wonder if Jacinda Ardern is deluded, bluffing or trying to brainwash us. In an interview with Newshub, she says, “we are not asking New Zealanders to vote just on what we say but on what they have seen”
Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused
