I have been collating voter recommendations since I contested the 2013 local body elections under the Affordable Auckland affiliation. My efforts in 2013 and 2016 were quite minimal with the latter taking a couple of days. In 2019, I sought to write a full-scale guide covering every district health
Rt Hon Winston Peters NZ First Leader’s Address 16 October 2022 Ladies and Gentlemen. Good afternoon. It’s a personal inspiration to join you all here this afternoon in Christchurch – and to be part of the 29th New Zealand First Party Conference. As we said this time last year,
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz I walk around now biting my tongue. There are dozens of people of my acquaintance who elicit an almost reflex action in me. “I told you so!” would be the easiest thing to say. It would be cathartic. But it’s not polite. It’s
New documents released under the Official Information Act show how Immigration NZ scrambled to stop Avi Yemini entering New Zealand BEFORE it was even known that he would be coming to report on the protest at parliament. The heavily redacted documents show a predisposition towards refusing entry as they urgently
Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. Information Opinion This week is almost over,
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 Graham Adams. Our Prime Minister’s Two-Faced View of Democracy When Jacinda Ardern spoke at Madrid’s “Tech
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz They don’t get much media coverage at the moment, but the New Zealand First Party could be central to the next year in politics, and determine the shape of the next government. The latest opinion survey out yesterday
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The prime minister is delivering on her ambition to lead the world in pricing agricultural emissions by announcing the Government’s proposal to levy farmers for their emissions. It is ironic that the one thing she may deliver on will put us in breach of
The NZ First annual conference is being held in Christchurch this weekend. On Saturday, Winston Peters addressed the room. Some snippets: It’s a circus. You talk about Economics 101? They can’t even work that out. We are here because above all things, we stand for democracy. Democracy in
Information Opinion When I was in school, bullying was normal. People had different ways of dealing with it. Mine was to simply ignore bullies and not react to them. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. However, when I got older I found that bullies became much more subtle, if
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll is out and the centre-right are still in front of the worst Government in living memory. PartySupportChange from last monthNational39.2%+2.2Labour34.4%+1.0Green7.2%-2.7ACT9.4%-3.0Maori2.1%+0.6NZ First2.1%+0.5Other5.7%+1.5 National
Information Opinion As the dust has settled, more physicians and nurses are coming forward privately to speak about the unethical and erroneous treatment protocols that occurred–and are still occurring–inside hospitals. One Doctor confided in me that the authorities only survived the Covid-19 lock-down policies and medical
Although the traffic light system was scrapped in September, Baker believes there’s still a need for some kind of alert level. “What I do think we need is that we have a system that when the risk of infection rises we have the equivalent of an alert level system
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Warning Satire LOOKING THE PART Following her appearance in the World of Wearable Arts fashion show, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has taken to the runway once more to model a classic pair of kiwi gumboots – an accessory that she will most definitely be wearing when she
Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson Michael Wood’s assertions that ‘Fair Pay Agreements’ are the solution to the dire driver shortages across New Zealand are out of touch with reality. Workplace Relations and Immigration Minister Michael Wood’s comments came in response to a letter from industry heads highlighting
Yet they based the entire traffic light and Covid pass system on this. So effectively, it was based on absolutely nothing at all. New Zealand. You should be livid. https://t.co/sA1NN0fY95 — Dr Malakai™? (@saltyreigns) October 12, 2022 If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share
