In 2019, I embarked on the most ambitious voting guide in New Zealand political history. This enormous project fell a little short as I completed it while working full time and also being active on the ACT Party Board of Directors. In 2022, I am dedicating myself to this project
Chan-Green: “How can backbench MPs though then have any outlet to raise their concerns if senior MPs just say there is no bullying here and we will not investigate it?” pic.twitter.com/W8wiYIFpMN — Mediaspot (@mediaspotnz) August 14, 2022 Ardern: “I've seen nothing to substantiate the claims
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion Do New Zealand people need to understand mortality to be able to find some kind of base position to steady their minds, at this time of young people dropping dead everywhere? Reflections on mortality Is it not true that
Ramesh Thakur brownstone.org Ramesh Thakur, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, is emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. In the first year of the pandemic, a team from Otago University in New Zealand (my former university) published an interesting study that
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 Chris Trotter Throwing the Fight How determined is the Labour Government led by Jacinda Ardern to win the 2023
There is nothing like a good laugh. Stuff tends to have it in spades these days. I don’t go there much now – it used to be my go-to news site – but if I do now, it is purely for entertainment value. Here is what had me cracking my
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 A Conspiracy of Silence
Last week little-known Labour MP Gaurav Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Hamilton West, wrote an op-ed in the NZ Herald outlining a campaign of bullying that he had been subjected to. He didn’t name anyone but obliquely referred to the party hierarchy, the whip’s office,
Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods expects Lake Onslow will contribute to NZ’s 100 per cent renewable energy system. MBIE has spent over $8m on the feasibility study of pumped hydro at Lake Onslow. If the scheme proceeds, it will be NZ’s largest hydro project ever and
Let me start with a basic fact. Uffindell, together with others, committed an assault on another person, using weapons. This assault was so severe that it left the victim with permanent psychological scars. It doesn’t matter that the assault happened over 20 years ago. If this was something that
Dear Editor Liam Dann in the Herald on Sunday today said that National should not rely on the economy falling over as it could possibly recover before the election and therefore may not be an issue for voters. I agree and believe that the most important issue is that of
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Monkey Pox is coming and the vaccine is too… “Work continues between ourselves and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Pharmac on securing a supply of Imvanex vaccine. That’s a vaccine that’s suitable for both smallpox and monkeypox
This week has seen something rather dramatic explode upon the political scene: for several weeks or months, various entities and people had been trying to keep a lid on this timebomb. That course of action is no longer tenable. I suspect it will inevitably lead to a by-election by
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The Three Waters debate is heating up as the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, or FEC as it is known, begins to hear evidence on the Water Services Bill. The Three Waters legislation will enable the establishment of four Water Services Entities with convoluted co-
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. We are in a cost-of-living crisis as a result of a government who cannot manage the economy. Inflation is currently at a 7.2 per cent, which is a 32-year high. Wages are simply not keeping
