For around a century, and rightly so, New Zealand was governed with the farming interests foremost in the minds of successive governments; what rural interests wanted – went. This ended with the “War on Farming” initiated by the Lange Government, continued by the Clark Government, and most notably in recent years
I am not much of a fan of “Gotcha” questions as I think they’re a bit naughty and intellectually lazy. But with the way a once great nation is heading towards the cliff in “Thelma and Louise” fashion, and having had a wee drinkie-poo whilst in charge of
BarnyB123 Information Opinion The controversy surrounding Matthew Tukaki has been in the news over the last week. He is likely to be in the news for a while yet as new facts surface, but then Tukaki will disappear, hopefully never to be heard of again! This type of character is
A year after private rental properties had to comply with Healthy Homes requirements, just 50 per cent of state houses meet those standards, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government owns 64,000 homes around New Zealand, but its own figures show that just over 50 per cent
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com With a database of over 160 names and cases, New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) has submitted to the New Zealand Police and now to Medsafe, a list of young people who passed away shortly after their Pfizer/Comirnaty
Information Opinion Once again Jacinda Ardern has proven she only practises diplomacy when it suits her and only with those whose ideology she shares. In her clumsy efforts to insult Scott Morrison and elevate the new Labour leader Albanese, her new bestie across the Tasman, she made a factual error,
It looks like I was right, just a few years ahead of myself. It was four years ago that I predicted that Jacinda Ardern’s career would follow a similar path to Kevin Rudd’s: a skyrocket burst of sky-high opinion polls, followed by ignominious collapse amid a concatenation
Information Opinion There is a very stark contrast between the fortunes of Boris Johnson and Jacinda Ardern at the moment. Both are prime ministers who started well but ended up being caught out by lies and deception of which they were both guilty. Boris has had a fairly rough year
As Jacinda Ardern continues to try and dance along a barbed-wire fence with a leg in each paddock, the rip in her undies is getting harder to hide. Ardern and her Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta have spent the last few years playing an increasingly threadbare game of bowing first
Originally published at The Facts and republished with permission. Two key Questions: 1. Is the 5% party vote threshold set at the right level? 2. Should we introduce STV (Single Transferable Voting) so that if your first choice doesn’t get in, your second or third choice still counts? Explanation
Who knew that Maori astrology, horoscopes and quackery could solve your mental health issues? I certainly didn’t until Newshub ran a deadly serious article explaining that such mumbo-jumbo and hocus-pocus can indeed solve a multitude of health problems. Maori are well known for using the stars and
New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) Existing government measures won’t stop one of our fastest-growing sectors moving to Australia.“Existing government policies won’t stop New Zealand gaming and interactive media companies from choosing to expand in Australia instead of New Zealand,” New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA)
A senior Australian politician has urged Anthony Albanese’s government not to “capitulate to the demands of Jacinda Ardern” over 501 deportations, foreshadowing the domestic political battle Labor may face if it makes tweaks to the controversial policy. Newshub Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would
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 When I was Minister of Health in the 1980s I warmed to a suggestion from a Maori colleague
