The National Party really can’t catch a trick at the moment, but most of the problems they are having are self-inflicted. God knows what possessed former leader and Prime Minister John Key to go on television and mount a defence of one of the most brutal anti-democratic
There’s no point in beating Labour just to babysit its policies. We can’t simply change the faces while keeping the ideas that got us here. New Zealand needs real change. That will require courage. We can’t keep avoiding difficult choices. pic.twitter.com/iAvo2gNUG8 — David Seymour (@dbseymour)
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion So, a medical doctor who took the Hippocratic Oath, to First Do No Harm, is proud of the ‘vaccination effort?’ Proud of the data mangling his crew produced, more like. How inevitable and yet disingenuous and misleading, to refer
Numerous Kiwis were already concerned about the way Jacinda Ardern was ruining the country when shockingly, on Monday 15 November 2021 (a particular date forever etched in people’s minds), Ardern went to a level of callousness never before known in this country. New Zealanders who did not want a
In the Queenstown Lakes area we have a dearth of applicants for the upcoming council elections. As at Friday 5 August, only three applicants had put their names forward for the Queenstown and Arrowtown wards. There are always a few who put their name in on the last day of
Kia ora! What a brilliant conference! The energy wave from this weekend will carry us right through to election year and I say: bring it on. We’ve had a fantastic weekend. So many great sessions. So many good ideas. So much ambition. I want to thank my fantastic deputy
NZ On Air announced with great fanfare how well they think they are doing with the Public Interest Journalism Fund, claiming they’ve paid $137.5 million to get 36 million page views. That’s $3.82 per page view! New Zealanders have embraced public interest journalism, with 36 million
Actor and playwright Oscar Kightley has announced he is running for Henderson-Massey in Auckland’s local elections. He also argues the Government hasn’t gone far enough to redress the dawn raids of the 1970s. “They were such extraordinary times that I think an apology requires extraordinary compensation.” A
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. One of New Zealand’s most respected
Warning Satire There was a certain National MP who served in parliament between 1975 and ’87 and for several years was ‘missing in action’. He never visited a school, business, tourist attraction or much else in his electorate, never attended a public meeting or other event or met with constituents.
Information Opinion Settler/Coloniser, we are your worst nightmare. And we are coming to a university near you! Hello, it’s All things Political, with John Porter on Bay FM. “Settler/Coloniser, we are your worst nightmare. And we are coming to a university near you!” So tweeted one Professor
Information Opinion Once again I’m pleased to see my last article engendered some lively discussion with varying points of view being put forward. Isn’t this the beauty of the BFD!! Compare the BFD to the MSM where we are often fed the opposite of the headline to this
“It’s absolutely tupuna intervention.” Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s member’s bill to ban seabed mining was drawn from the ballot tin this week. The Maori Party co-leader says, “[TTR] always underestimated iwi, they always underestimated the weight, the significance of our kaitiakitanga and mana whenua, the significance of
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
