Ananish Chaudhuri Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and the author of “Nudged into lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19”. Information Opinion I am not a fan of Brian Tamaki. But one does not need to admire or respect Mr Tamaki to concede
There are many words that one could use to describe Trevor Mallard. Many of them are unsavoury, none are pleasant. But a High Court Judge took the time to find three words that accurately sum up his behaviour towards Winston Peters and other former MPs who visited the Parliament protest.
The personal story told in that TV programme (No Maori Allowed) was very real to those telling it. That story is from a time in living memory. Where were all those other Maori of that generation not interviewed or part of that programme? If you enjoyed this article please share
After multiple requests, then Speaker of the House Trevor agreed to meet me in August. I raised with him various concerns that I had also raised with the Prime Minister’s Office – of numerous Labour MPs being bullied in Parliament, staff not showing up to work and being drunk, Relationship
In a surprise move, Dr Sharma has resigned his seat in Parliament and there will be a by-election in the Hamilton West electorate. Unlike most socialist MPs the good Doctor does have “something to go back to” (as Bob Jones famously observed), hence having little desire to remain – bored
David Seymour ACT Party Leader It’s important that any lessons taken from Liz Truss’s downfall are based on actual data. The risk is New Zealand takes the wrong lesson from lazy analysis, particularly those on the political left who bleat on like the sheep in Animal Farm: tax
Jacqui Van Der Kaay Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Jacqui Van Der Kaay is a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington. She is a former journalist, holds a Masters degree in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington and has a specialist interest in political
Getting out and about in Auckland has become a pleasant experience lately with barely a mask in sight, save for on a few permanently petrified faces. My goodness, it took long enough! Two and a half oppressive years before smiles returned and this on the back of the first term
Josh Van Veen Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Josh Van Veen is an Auckland-based writer and political analyst. He currently works as the Local Government Campaigns Manager for the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union and is a former member of New Zealand First. The views expressed
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. Support Racial Division? You Are Just What They Are Looking For. The poison of identity politics is
Hello, it’s All things Political with John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m suggesting it is time we quit complaining about Ardern’s incompetent government. Why? Because we voted them in! And the old adage “We get the government we deserve” is very true, especially in this
Jacinda Ardern famously said during the 2017 election campaign that she believed that a person could have a career in politics without telling lies. That was, of course, a lie. It was a lie then and it’s a lie now. Since then she’s lied and lied and lied.
dailytelegraph.co.nz That’s the view of Voices For Freedom spokesman Tane Webster. In a video recently uploaded to Odysee, Webster explains why the government’s recently announced Farm Emissions Tax is a bad policy for the country. ‘In this case, it’s the Farm Emissions Tax. Let me
New Zealand First Media The Wellington High Court has released a ruling stating that Trevor Mallard in his role as Speaker was unreasonable, irrational, and unjustified in trespassing me from parliament. The High Court has highlighted that Mallard’s actions amounted to an unjustified limitation on the right to freedom
19 October 2022 Dear Editor The sorry excuse we currently have for a government is hell-bent on taking us down a path of racial division by creating one extremely privileged Maori class with the rest of New Zealanders in the other class. I am well aware of my many
