Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson The next Government will have to fix the housing mess that ACT predicted, and has solutions to. The Herald is this morning reporting a fight is brewing between Auckland Council and the government over how the law is applied. It’s
Information Opinion The U-turn that the Government performed over taxing KiwiSaver fees was spectacular. First, as is common with this Government, they tried to sneak it through without anyone noticing… but they didn’t manage to get away with that. Financial and political reporters quickly woke up from their
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. Information Opinion One of my favourite
On Friday we saw just how committed the NZ Herald is to defending democracy. They aren’t. Instead their dark forces have been marshalled to act as state agitprop. They were deployed, not to welcome a whistleblower shining light on the scuttling cockroaches in our police and government, but rather
Grab your popcorn. We have media doing their damnedest to protect the Government and their propaganda, aaand we have media doing their job. Yesterday, RNZ published this article on police withholding OIA information and misleading parliament on police spending on contractors and consultants. Police withheld the 2020 report from RNZ
Information Opinion Kia ora boys and girls, or should I say “tamariki”. Aunty Cindy here. Today we are going to learn all about how to handle those awkward questions. Questions like, “Who ate all the cookies in the jar?” “Who left the fridge door open?” and, “Was it you who
Information Opinion Late in August Chris Luxon updated National Party supporters. Excerpts from his newsletter are in italics. You may have seen on the news this week that there was a protest at Parliament which, while far shorter and more orderly than the occupation earlier this year, had similarly ill-
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. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was right to question Marama Davidson’s endorsement of Whittaker’s chocolate. The rule
After WW2 an enterprising building firm called Levitt and Sons developed a system of mass producing houses and creating suburbs in double quick time. The first example of this was Levittown, New York, and the way they did it was to do basically the opposite of the current government and
Information Opinion In every area New Zealand is a mess under Ardern’s socialist leadership. The love I have for my country keeps my interest in local and national politics. It is valuable to do a little research and read The BFD to be aware of the direction New Zealand
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Information Opinion August has been an utter disgrace to our nation, showing just how serious Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is about smashing freedom of expression in New Zealand. I have been writing about this glaringly fascist tendency in our PM since she was given the role
Information Opinion Back in 2019, I was fortunate enough to follow some of the local body elections. As an undergrad at university naturally I was intrigued by the ‘youthquake’ candidates including Tamatha Paul and Teri O’Neill. These young candidates were passionate about making the ‘youth voice heard’ and for
Following on from Michael Bassett’s description of this government as the worst in living history, Matthew Hooton has also finally realised that this government is inept as well. The Ardern administration has finally confirmed — were confirmation required — that it is the most incompetent New Zealand Government in living memory,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The recent publicity over Trevor Mallard’s term as Speaker had me reflect on his 13 predecessors since 1975. By far the most unpopular was Labour’s Gerry Wall, who was a pariah in the new liberal thinking Labour Party of 1984. When Basil Arthur
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion Practising a unique art, science and philosophy, chiropractors contribute to New Zealand health care as practitioners, students, teachers and researchers. Dedicated to evidence-based clinical excellence, their principles are consistent with the values of NZDSOS. The New Zealand Chiropractors’
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Warning Satire DEATH AND TAXES After a spectacular backflip on a plan to start taxing New Zealanders’ KiwiSaver fees, Labour has also quietly put the brakes on a separate plan to steal money directly from children’s piggy banks. The controversial plan was going to be
