Grant Robertson has decided to hold a pity party over the amount of abuse Labour politicians are copping when they dare to saunter arrogantly outside of the Wellington Beltway. He has complained that some protestors called him mean things and one had a lamington that may or may not possibly
what’s funny about this political ad is that it can be taken two ways. Are they encouraging people who believe that manmade climate change is a scam to get out and vote? Or are they telling people who believe that mankind causes climate change to get out and vote
The number of children unenrolled from school has more than doubled under Labour, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “After five years of Labour and an extra $5 billion in education spending every year, the number of children unenrolled from school has skyrocketed to 8,500 – more than double
Information Opinion In the 1890s the US Supreme Court entrenched what was known as the “Separate But Equal” doctrine, bypassing the concept of everybody being equal under the law. This meant that segregation and discrimination along racial lines was legal so long as services were available to each race. For
JL As I write this I wonder if there is a chance Jacinda Ardern will be publicly shamed at the United Nations General Assembly for her attacks on our democracy. After the Queen’s funeral Ardern flew to the United States for the high-powered ‘meet and greet’ and will
Stephen Berry Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the
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voicesforfreedom.co.nz Our thoughts are with Rory’s loved ones following the announcement of the decision by the coroner that the 26-year-old’s death was a result of the Covid injection he received. We cannot begin to imagine the whirlwind of emotions swirling right now for Rory’
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Do we need any more evidence that this government tolerates waste of taxpayers’ money? The sight of a
Speech to Financial Services Council Conference It’s my pleasure to be speaking with you today, leaders of New Zealand’s financial service providers. Since I became National’s Finance Spokesperson I’ve really enjoyed meeting many of you and I’m looking forward to getting to know more of
JL Our bungling bureaucrats should headline their own comedy show like Australia’s Utopia or our own Gliding On. We all know that the messaging bleated ad nauseam from the podium of truth often did not reflect reality. For example, Ardern’s “Get vaccinated and you won’t get sick
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The pandemic traffic light system
Grant Robertson certainly has a strange way of looking at things. He has said that he thinks it is “unfair” that there is so much focus on Nanaia Mahuta. This is a rather strange way to describe what in reality is nepotism. “There are government agencies who have been contracting
New information obtained by National reveals just how sloppy the design and delivery of Labour’s cost of living payment was, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Documents released to my office under the Official Information Act reveal: * More than 49,300 people received the payment despite not being
Stephen Berry Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the
The Transport Minister has allowed the NZ Transport Agency to become politicised, forcing the Public Service Commissioner to reprimand the agency for running ads with Labour and Green local election candidates, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “NZTA is in trouble after putting up advertisements that featured Labour and
