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Kelly Offield mises.org History: regulation of communications A hundred years of the public interest standard has been applied to radio and television, with the explicit goal of protecting free speech. The very opposite was the case, as John Samples and Paul Matzko have clearly shown. A 1920-30s radio
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Government needs to front up and tell the people of New Zealand the truth on a very simple question: do they want to make speaking Maori compulsory for holding a practicing certificate as a teacher, or not? This morning, two spokespeople contradicted each other
freenz.substack.com “The rights of man do not come from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.” President John F Kennedy. Many of us may dream of an island holiday, far from the madding crowd. With no airport and no port or harbour for visiting
David Seymour ACT Party Leader If shareholders wanted out of Kiwibank it should have been floated on the open market, instead, the Government is making it a taxpayers’ problem. I get that ACC and NZ Super don’t want to own it, but why is the taxpayer on the hook?
familyfirst.org.nz The latest 1News Kantar poll shows that 70 per cent of New Zealanders believe the government is not doing enough to deal with gangs. Only 14 per cent thought the government was doing enough to deal with gangs. Even amongst Labour Party voters, only 25 per cent
Information Opinion Events of the last couple of weeks in politics have certainly been a bit bizarre; allegations of bullying made against MPs in both major parties and the subsequent fallout have dominated the news, giving the rest of us hours of entertainment as chickens come home to roost. At
Information Opinion Dieuwe de Boer rightminds.nz You can follow Dieuwe de Boer on Telegram or Twitter. Dr Sharma’s revelations that he was trained on how to hide communications from the OIA comes as no shock to me. One was obviously, shut up, don’t talk about anything. Not
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. A week that started well
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The work that our frontline providers do to keep us safe is extraordinary. The men and women who contribute to our police force, fire and emergency response and first aid response often put their own livelihoods and families on
Henry Cooke was one of this Labour Government’s handmaidens, dutifully regurgitating lines from the ‘Pulpit of Truth’ in order to keep his bosses’ paymasters happy. He, like many in the press gallery, had become a real life experiment akin to Pavlov’s dog experiments. But then he decided he
Labour’s U-turn on interest deductibility rules for corporate investors should be extended to all rental property owners, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Labour campaigned on not introducing any taxes but broke their promise straight after the 2020 election by imposing a new tax on tenants, through
Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson says TVNZ and RNZ are not prioritising Maori, Pasifika, Asians and young people enough and the planned merger will change that. “They’re there, but there is not enough priority and I would like to see those groups prioritised, obviously along with Pakeha New Zealand too.
New Zealand First Media Rt. Hon Winston Peters Leader NZ First Public Meeting Warkworth Town Hall 3 pm, Sunday 21st August 2022 Good afternoon, and thank you for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon. And thank you for taking time out in your busy lives to be here.
If this doesn’t send shivers down your spine then nothing will. Right-leaning political commentator Matthew Hooton says New Zealand’s opposition and governing parties shouldn’t rule out a grand coalition to keep extremist fringe parties out of power as they gain public support. […] Now, with the emergence
